A graduate of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, Eric is a fluent Chinese speaker with extensive experience studying in mainland China and Taiwan. Eric completed a prolonged internship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, and he has participated in numerous projects related to Chinese medical translation, NIH research, and TCM politics. He is the co-author of the Concise Chinese Materia Medica and an upcoming clinical handbook on granules, and he has edited a variety of modern and classical texts.
Eric has a passion for Chinese medical pharmacy, and he travels extensively to study with experts in the field of herbal authentication and quality discernment. Eric works at Blue Poppy Enterprises as an author, lecturer, and herbal medicine and product sourcing specialist, and in the past he has worked as an instructor and clinical supervisor at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California. Eric is the founder of Legendary Herbs and the Co-Chair of International Affairs for AAAOM, and he constantly has too much on his plate on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
