Ping Zha

Ping Zha. Dr. Zha was born in a famous Chinese Medicine family. Her great-grandfather, Zha Wenfang, was a famous doctor practicing Chinese Medicine in Tianjin City, China in the early twentieth century. He was known by a nickname, Zha Bakuai, meaning eight silver dollars he charged for a visit (which would be enough to cover living expense for a poor family for half a year). He passed the art to grandson, Zha Jipu, who later became a famous doctor in Anqing City, Anhui Province. Dr. Zha was adopted by Zha Jipu as his daughter and leaned family medicine from his father.

Dr. Zha received formal training in Chinese Medicine for seven years. She earned M.S. degree in Chinese Medicine. Dr. Zha also was a student of Professor Yiping Chen, a renowned expert in kidney disease, and copied medical prescriptions and learned from leading Chinese Medicine experts including Songnian Xu, Zhongyi Hu, and Letao Wang. She had a deep understanding of Chinese Medicine literature especially the four Master Pieces.

She practiced Chinese Medicine as a chief doctor in China for more than 10 years. She published many articles in various Chinese Medicine Journals. She won excellent thesis awards in the second place and third place from Anqing City, Anhui Province, China. She has a broad range of knowledge of modern hospitals and medical practices. Dr. Zha is an acupuncturist. Her background in Chinese Medicine is essential to assisting Dr. Wu in developing ground work in Health Optimization Engineering.