Dan An Cheng

Cheng Dan'an (Chinese: 承淡安; 1899 – 10 July 1957) was a Chinese acupuncturist who founded the first school of acupuncture in modern China, made widespread changes to the practice, and served as chairperson of the Chinese Medical Association. == Career == Cheng was born in 1899 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. He first developed an interest in acupuncture in 1923, after suffering from severe lower back pain which was relieved by his father's acupuncture. He attended the Tokyo College of Acupuncture in Japa…