Academic qualifications
Doctor cum laude in Oriental Languages at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice; final dissertation “Qigongology research in RPC: experiments to devise the physical nature of Qi”
Doctor cum laude in Physiotherapy at Roma La Sapienza University; final dissertation “Promoting an integrated evaluation: adaptive consequences of functional astigmatism”.
International Certification of WFAS (World Federation of Acupuncture Societies), Beijing University
Degree in Acupuncture issued by Istituto Superiore di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese Villa Giada (Advanced Institute of T.C.M. Villa Giada), Rome, and Nanjing University, China.
Degree in Chinese Massage issued by Istituto Superiore di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese Villa Giada, Rome, and Nanjing University, China.
Master in Chinese Massage, Fatebenefratelli Roma
Certified Teacher of Malitang Qigong
Degree in Malitang rubber hammer technique (three years course) by Firenze tenth sanitary unit.
Degrees of first and second level of Qigong (third level includes teacher’s diploma exam) issued by Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.
Degrees in Chinese fitotherapy, Children Massage, Moxa Therapy, issued by Istituto Superiore di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese Villa Giada (Advanced Institute of T.C.M. Villa Giada), Rome.
Teaching experience
Professor of Sinology and Traditional Chinese Medicine by:
Master in acupuncture Siena University (2009-2010)
Master in acupuncture Rome University “La Sapienza” (2006-)
SIMAISS (International School of Advanced and Integrated Medicine..) from 2006
Chinese Medicine Master, Institute for advanced Holistic Medicine Urbino University (from 1993 to 2003)
Master in Acupuncture and Chinese Massage, Fatebenefratelli Hospital Rome (from 2001 to 2004)
Italo-Chinese Acupuncture School of Rome (1998-2005)
Igea Shiatsu School (from 1998)
IRTE: Institute for Research in Energetic Therapies, Milan (1999-2005)
Shiatsu School “Il Chicco Integrale”, Perugia (1998-2005)
Psycheros Centre, Prato (1996-2003)
Professor of Chinese Medical Text Translation by Pio V University, Rome (2009-2010)
Membership of professional Organizations
Member of A.I.S.C. (Italian Accademical Association for Chinese Studies) from 1994.
Member of A.I.C.T.O. (International Association of Holistic Clinics and Therapy) from 1994.
Member of SIPNEI (Italian Society of Psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrinology)
Founder and former president of OTTO (professionals of Qigong and Oriental Medicine)
Publications
1991 April- Il silenzioso asceta degli Shakya(Shakya’s silent ascetic), in: "India" Review of Indian Embassy’s Cultural Department, Roma.
1991 June- Qigong entry for Dizionario delle medicine naturali (Natural Medicines Dictionary) Aporie ed. Roma.
1991 November- The society "Stella del Mattino" publishes an excerpt of her final dissertation titled: Indagine sulla natura fisica del Qi nelle Repubblica Popolare Cinese: sintesi degli esperimenti compiuti in Cina sulla emissione volontaria di energia bioradiante dalla fondazione della Repubblica alla fine degli anni ‘80. (P.R.C.’s enquiry on the physical nature of Qi: abstracts of significant experiments about the voluntary emission of bioradiant energy, from the foundation of Popular Republic to the eighties")
1993 April - La difficile traduzione del termine Qi: una proposta (The difficult translation of the term Qi: a proposal): in "Cina" official review of the Istituto per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (Advanced Institute for Middle and Far East Studies), Roma.
1993 June- L’esantema del vaiolo, topografia diagnostica e fitoterapia secondo un manuale cinese del XVIII secolo. (Smallpox Exanthema: Diagnostic Topography and Phytotherapy according to a Chinese Manual of XVIII century): in "Le Infezioni in Medicina" review issued by Contagious Diseases Department, Medical Faculty of Napoli’s second University.
1993 October- (with A. Dorigo, Wu Daoling, C. Bornoroni and others) On Health Considerations to propose a model determined on modern chemico-physical bases to unify the abiotic with the biological world. Acts of the International Congress of Medical Qigong, Beijing.
1995 June- Traduzione ed interpretazione del termine tecnico Wu Xing (Translation and interpretation of the technical term Wu Xing) in: TMA Review of Urbino’s Institute.
1995 November- Cosmogonia e cosmologia, cielo anteriore e cielo posteriore. (Cosmogony and Cosmology: Former Heaven and Later Heaven) in: TMA Review of Urbino’s Institute.
1996 April- Chinese Medicine, new perspectives: a reconsideration of traditional heritage. (in English). Acts of the Third European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology and First International Conference of Anthropology and History of Health and Disease, Genova.
1997 April- Translation and footnotes of Li Xiaoming’s Metodo pratico di autoelevazione con il Qigong tradizionale cinese (Practical Method of Self-training with Traditional Chinese Qigong), Erga ed. Genova.
1997 SeptemberMedicina Cinese: La radice e i fiori, corso di sinologia per medici e appassionati. (Chinese Medicine: Its Root and Flowers; a Sinology Course for Physicians and amateurs), - textbook for Urbino’s course in Sinology - Erga ed., Genova.
2001 Cultural page of Il Manifesto on Chinese Medicine
2003 New and revised edition of Medicina Cinese: La radice e i fiori, corso di sinologia per medici e appassionati. (Chinese Medicine: Its Root and Flowers; a Sinology Course for Physicians and amateurs) for Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, preface by prof. Manfred Porkert.
2004 Italy’s renewal of trust in Acupuncture and On Evidence Based Acupuncture for “Il giornale del medico” (Physicians Digest).
2005 Riverberi del mistero femmina in Medicina Tradizionale Cinese (Reverberations of Female Mystery in Traditional Chinese Medicine); Collected Essays of Italian Sinologists for the Eightieth birthday of Lionello Lanciotti, Venezia, 2005 Cafoscarina ed.
2005 Preface for Marco Montagnani’s Medicina Energetica (Energy Medicine), CEA ed. Milan
2010 Preface for AAVV Chinese Tuina Therapy (printing)
Translations
From Chinese:
Hu Yaozhen Jing Dong Qigong (printing)
Li Xiao Ming Metodo di autoelevazione con il Qigong Tradizionale Cinese Erga ed., Genova 1996
From English:
D. Harper The making of Medicine for Treccani Italian Encyclopedia’s History of Science
From French:
C. Despeux Philosophie de la Médicine sous les Song et les Yuan /(960-1358) le tournant cosmologique for Treccani Italian Encyclopedia’s History of Science
Language skills
Mother-tongue: Italian.
Fluent English, French and Chinese (modern and ancient); formal German.
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