Tong Ren Healing System Founder And Developer - Tom Tam Master Tom Tam is a gifted healer, acupuncturist and innovator based in Boston, MA. He is the developer of the Tom Tam Healing System which utilizes acupuncture, energy healing and tuina for treating conditions which have proven to be difficult to treat by other methods. Tom has authored numerous books which explain his theories and techniques and has taught numerous students around the world. Below is a brief biography.
	Biography Tom Tam is a writer, poet, and healer. Born in Tai Shan, China, he came to the United States in 1975 as a political refugee. Since 1982, he has been practicing acupuncture, Tai Chi, and Chi Gong healing with great success. For the last 20 years, Tom has been one of the foremost students of Master Gin Soon Chu, the fifth generation master of traditional Yang family Tai Chi Chuan. In 1987, Tom founded the Boston Chi Gong Center and began training students. The following year, he founded the Oriental Culture Institute, and organized the Boston Chi Gong Delegation to China. Tom was awarded the highest honor of The Chinese Medical Research Association, the diamond pin and medal. He was also made Honorary President of the Taipei Acupuncture Society. Over the years, Tom has written many books on Chi Gong, healing, and philosophy: Tai Chi Dao Yin (1993); Yi Jin Jing (1994); a translation of Lao Tzu's Dao De Jing (1994); Tom Tam's Healing System (1995); Pi Gu: The Way of Chi Gong Fasting (1st edition) (1996). He has also written several books of poetry, including For the Love of Nature (1997). Some of his books have been translated into Russian. In 1997, Tom finished a book on his approach to past-life therapy, the Unfinished Life. In 1998 he completed two new books on his experiences healing patients with cancer: New Hope on the Horizon and Metamorphosis: Emerging from Darkness. In 2000, Tom developed the new style of Chi Gong, Da Peng Gong and finished the book of Da Peng Gong. The latest book he finished is Tong Ren for Cancer in 2001. Tom Tam continues to practice, teach students, and travel around the world to share his dreams. (His books are all available on this site.)