Benjamin Apichai

MD(China), MS, LAc

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Benjamin Apichai

Department of Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine

School of Traditional World Medicines

Seattle

AREAS OF FOCUS

Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine

Dr. Apichai is a core faculty member in the Department of Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine and a clinical supervisor at Bastyr Center for Natural Health. He also serves as an advisor for the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Sports Medicine Club.

Biography

After Dr. Apichai received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Jinan University, where he also completed several medical internships and research projects, Dr. Apichai joined the Tui Na Rehabilitation Department at the First Branch of Guangzhou TCM Hospital in 1993. Dr. Apichai believes the true cure is not medicine but the healing power of nature. By correcting diet, natural biological schedule, and lifestyle, medicine serves as a guide on the road pointing to immortality. Dr. Apichai has a special interest in physical medicine and pain management.

Education:

  • MD from Medical School of Jinan University in 1992
  • MS in acupuncture from Bastyr University in 1997