An Efficacious Sage of Traditional Medicine in Modern Times
Interview with Dr. Chi Wai Wong
Dr. Chi Wai Wong is a licensed Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner in New York who focuses on the healing modalities of acupuncture, herbology, Qi Gong and medical massage (Tui Na). He is a native from Shen Zhen of Guang Dong province in China. He received his Medi­cal Degree in China and became a surgeon where he learned acupuncture anesthesia. When he immigrated to United States, he established his family-run herbal dispensary called Zhong Guo Yao Chai Inc. Since the development of his practices in New York City and Long Island, he has specialized in the research and advancement of utilizing Chinese medicinal modalities for modern clinical application.
 
Some achievements include being selected into the book of World's Chinese Who 50 Who (2009); Chinese Overseas Who 50 Who Foundation (1993); the book of Worlds Who's Who Foundation (1994); the book of American Who's Who and to be honor­ary president of the International Medical Association (1995); and the Most Admired Man of the Decade (1998) for the Who's Who 50 intellectual Foundation. At the pres­ent time, Dr. Wong is an Associate Professor for Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a consultant for the Association of Hong Kong Orthopedic & Traumatol­ogy and is an author for various medical textbooks, articles and journals in the areas of acupuncture, orthopedics and internal medicine for the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. He has been featured

in Time Out New York magazine, Newsday, and NBC news. He has a weekly radio seg­ment on 1040AM in regards to issues per­taining to TCM and general health. As a medical practitioner for over 35 years, Dr. Wong, has applied his clinical ex­perience when participating in research and publishing academic texts. His published works include furthering the field of Qi Gong (Energy Work) where he received an award for Best Article, entitled the "Clini­cal Effect of Inducing Medical Qi Gong: an analysis of 40 Clinical Cases" at the First International Conference on Traditional Rehabilitation of Medicine held in Beijing in 1989. Currently, he is the Director of the World Academic Society of Medical Qi Gong. In the area of Chinese Herbology, Dr. Wong has developed and improved over 200 types of traditional Chinese herbal formulas. These medicinal herbs are now are widely used around the world, to treat pathologies that cause hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis, migraines, arthritis, eczema and cancer. The signs and symptoms related to these diseases are just some of the condi­tions that Dr.Wong has been able to treat with immense success. He has become an experienced family physician that continu­ously sees patients with illnesses related to the pain management, internal medicine, neurology, addiction, orthopedics, obstetrics/ gynecology, and pediatrics. When asked about Dr.Wong's great­est accomplishment in his years of research for Chinese herbology, unquestionably, it is the development of the herbal supplement called Wild Ginseng & Collagen Complex. Overall, the principle behind the combina­tion this supplement is that these ingredients together, make the body and its cells more viable and stronger; thus effective for treat­ing diseases related to bone degeneration, alopecia, dermatology and supporting the immune system.

Dr. Wong feels that with proper di­agnosis and treatment, the application of TCM modalities can be an essential source of therapeutic application. The fundamen­tal principle of TCM is to prevent illnesses through maintaining a healthy way of life and if one does get ill, he must use all the available resources to get beUer. From his experience, he finds that integrating Western and Eastern approaches to medicine is the most effective. Dr. Wong not only strives to promote TCM, but indirectly the preserva­tion of Chinese culture since it derives from ancient Chinese philosophical thought. He has spent over thirty years lecturing in the media and various universities along with being published in journals and newspapers. His aim is to determine the many ways one can incorporate TCM in the daily life, through diet and nutrition.