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Will Maclean

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Will Maclean, M.Sc.Chin. Med, Dip.TCM, Cert. Chin. Med, graduated from the Sydney College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1987, trained in China at the Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital and completed a Master of Chinese Medicine degree from the University of Technology (Sydney) in 2004. He has practiced acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for 25 years. In addition to practice, Will teaches in Australia and internationally, and is the principal author of The Clinical Handbook of Internal Medicine series (in three volumes), The Clinical Manual of Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines and the Clinical Handbook of Chinese Herbs: Desk Reference.

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