BreastCancer.com is a site of the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating individuals and health-care practitioners about classical traditional Chinese medicine and natural healing. The information on this site was adapted from the book, Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Woman's Guide to Healing from Breast Cancer, by Dr. Nan Lu, LAc., founding director of the TCM World Foundation.

About Dr. Nan Lu

Nan Lu, O.M.D., M.S., L.Ac., is a classically trained doctor of traditional Chinese Medicine and a New York State-licensed acupuncturist. He holds a doctorate in traditional Chinese medicine from Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, and a master's of science degree from City University of New York. He is a member of the advisory group for Columbia University's Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research in Women's Health and is a medical adviser to the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine. He is also vice chair of the medical conference Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Dr. Lu has written three books in the Traditional Chinese Medicine series from Avon Books: A Woman's Guide to Healing from Breast Cancer, A Woman's Guide to a Trouble-Free Menopause, and A Natural Guide to Weight Loss That Lasts. He has also released a recording of solo piano music, Music for Healing, Volume 1 (available on CD, as well as through iTunes).

Dr. Lu has been featured in Newsweek (special issue on alternative medicine) and was a subject of the PBS documentary Harmony and Spirit: Chinese Americans in New York. He practices traditional Chinese medicine at the American Taoist Healing Center in New York City's Chinatown.

Funding Disclosure

Funding for this site is provided by the TCM World Foundation. Additionally, if you purchase one of our books from Amazon.com using a link on this page, a percentage of your purchase will go toward helping us maintain this site.

Contacting Us

We welcome your feedback and comments about our site. You can e-mail us at feedback@breastcancer.com, or write to us at the following address:

The Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
34 West 27 Street, Suite 1212
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 274-1079

Please understand that we cannot provide medical advice by e-mail or over the phone. To find a licensed acupuncturist in your area, please refer to the directory of TCM practitioners maintained by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. (This link is provided as a resource. No endorsement is made or implied.)