Prof. Heiner Fruehauf serves as Founding Professor of the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, where, until recently he served as dean, and has been teaching since 1992. His scholarly endeavors include the direction of an ongoing research project on the archaic symbolism of Chinese medicine terminology, including an in-depth analysis of the acupuncture point names. As a practitioner in private practice at The Healing Order in Corbett, Oregon, he focuses on the complementary treatment of difficult and recalcitrant diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and chronic digestive disorders. He also launched Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas over ten years ago, a Chinese herbal formula company in Portland, Oregon that sources its raw materials directly from small family farms located on unpolluted land in China. In addition, Prof. Fruehauf is the director of the Heron Institute, a non-profit institution for the research and preservation of traditional life science. In this capacity, he has been leading the Sacred Mountain Retreat for fifteen years, a periodic study tour focusing on Qigong and other aspects of Classical Chinese Medicine, held in the sacred mountains of Southwest China.