Author Biographies

Jane Bean

Jane Bean is a licensed acupuncturist in private practice in Brattleboro, VT. She earned her B.S. In biology from Portland State University in 1986 and graduated from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1990. Jane spent 2 months in China in 1991 at the Hei Long Jiang College of TCM, one month in the gynecology department and one month in internal medicine. In 1994, she completed the one-year postgraduate course in Toyo Hari Acupuncture at the New England School of Acupuncture, and in 1997 she completed the 18-month certification course in Gynecology offered by Blue Poppy Seminars. In the fall of 1997 Jane went to the Hunan College of TCM in Changsha, China for another month of study in gynecology.

Jane practices in a small town in a rural area, so she has experience treating patients with a wide variety of conditions. Her main areas of expertise include gastrointestinal complaints (particularly intestinal parasitosis), gynecological conditions, and chronic and/or autoimmune disorders. In general, about 90% of her patients are treated with Chinese herbal medicine with or without acupuncture, however, in the last two years she has been treating many more patients for pain using acupuncture only, both in her private practice and at Fallon HMO in Worcester, MA.

Jane began translating medical Chinese in 1994, at the rate of about 4 characters per hour. She is currently translating articles from the journal literature and has had several articles published based on her translations. Curing Irritable Bowel Syndrome Naturally with Chinese Medicine is her first book.