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Gretchen De Soriano studied life sciences at the University of Iowa, and trained in traditional Asian medicine at the Tokyo School of Acupuncture, Moxabustion and Bonesetting. She spent a clinical year in Beijing in the Foreign Student Dormitory. She is the founder of the principal teaching school in the Japanese herbal medicine tradition, the Kanpo Apprenticeship. She has been in practice since 1980, and works within the NHS. She studied law in London and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2001. She practises traditional Japanese medicine at The Kailash Centre of Oriental Medicine, 7 Newcourt Street, London NW8 7AA; Tel: 0207 722 3939; www.orientalhealing.co.uk