Acupuncture Center Of Asheville

Asheville, United States

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Philip Ricker, OMD, L. Ac. is a graduate of The American College of Chinese Medicine and the International Institute of Chinese Medicine. He has been a long time student of the healing art known as Qi Gong and is currently a student of fifth generation Qi Gong master, Dr. T. K. Shih. He has taught Qi Gong for the past 20 years and is a qualified Qi Gong therapist. Phil is the second acupuncture licensee in North Carolina. He is a past president of the Acupuncture Association of North Carolina and was a charter member of the North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board. In his 25 years of practice he has performed over 50,000 acupuncture treatments on all types of people with almost every conceivable complaint of all ages from infants to centenarians. He has been the owner/​director of The Acupuncture Center of Asheville for the last 22 years.

History

Established in 1985.

The Acupuncture Center of Asheville has been serving western North Carolina for over 22 years. We offer acupuncture, traditional chinese medicine, qi gong therapy and classes as well as individualized chinese herbal formulas.

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Philip R.

Business Owner

Philip Ricker, OMD, L. Ac. is a graduate of The American College of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe, NM and a Diplomat of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Bei Jing, China and the Hei Long Jiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Harbin, China. Among his numerous teachers are the world renowned herbalist Dr. Huang Bing Shan and the internationally recognized expert on head trauma and spinal cord injuries, biomedical research engineer Dr. Y. King Liu. He received his Oriental Medical degree from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine where he studied with Drs. Michael and Nancy Zeng. He has been a long time student of the healing art known as Qi Gong. Phil has studied extensively in China and the United States for the past 27 years and is currently a student of fifth generation Qi Gong master, Dr. T. K. Shih.