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Kiiko Matsumoto is internationally known for her scholarly work on acupuncture and interpretation of Chinese Classical texts as well as her dynamic and powerful treatment style. She graduated from Tokyo Kasei University with a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and then studied Acupuncture at the Japan Central Acupuncture & Moxibustion College in Tokyo. As additional studies Kiiko completed a degree in classical and modern Chinese. She worked for 2 years as an Editor of Acupuncture Medical Textbooks for Ido-No-Nippon-Sha, the foremost oriental medical publisher in Japan. She worked on 5 texts including a translation of the Su Wen. She still regularly publishes articles in the Ido-No-Nippon acupuncture magazine and has made two video series for them. She has studied with numerous Japanese acupuncture Masters among them Dr. Yoshio Manaka, Master Osamu Ito, Master Kawai and most extensively with Master Kiyoshi Nagano. She also studied with shiatsu Masters Kuzome and Nasako. Kiiko has integrated teachings from each of these Masters, together with her studies of Classical Chinese texts and her own vast clinical experience to form her own unique style of treatment. She has four important books published to date: Five Elements and Ten Stems; Extraordinary Vessels; Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea and her latest, Clinical Strategies - in the Spirit of Master Nagano. She also contributed "scholarly archaeology of pre-Tang-dynasty texts" to The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted Kaptchuk. She teaches regularly at the Tri-State Institute of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in New York as well as lecturing internationally, including Japan. Her private practice is in Massachusetts, USA. Kiiko Matsumoto's principle dedication is to her research of the Chinese Medical Classics and her goal is to make a contribution to acupuncture practice in the West.
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