J. E. Williams

Dr. Williams is an American acupuncturist and author. Since 1967, he has lived among indigenous people in the Arctic and the Peruvian Andes. In 1969, his interest in tropical ecosystems led him to spend five months solo in the jungles of Costa Rica. From 1996 to the present he has conducted fieldwork on medicinal plants and entheogenic consciousness in the Upper Amazon. In the mid-1980s, he studied Taoism and traditional Chinese medicine in China before it was open to the West.

He is also a highly respected functional medicine clinician with over thirty years of experience who treats and revitalizes patients with even the most severe stages of illness. His mission is to bridge complementary and alternative therapies with evidence-based clinical medicine. He has taught at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, NOVA Southeastern University, and is currently a visiting professor at Emperor's College of Oriental Medicine.

Dr. Williams has authored six health books and programs, two non-fiction adventure memoirs about Peruvian shamanism, and two works of poetry. He has authored numerous articles and published papers in peer-reviewed journals. His weekly blogs focus on balanced and practical health information based on valid research and his own clinical experience.

Learn more at www.drjewilliams.com