LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. David Molony, 54, a resident of Pennsylvania, was honored at People’s Hall, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, for his accomplishments in advancing the science of Chinese medicine with legislative chambers and international medical non-government organizations. Also honored were professor Chen Keji of China, and Lin Tzi Chiang, of Australia. Each was awarded with the Renji Cup for international contributions to Chinese medicine.
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Molony, the first American and non-Asian honored by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), has been a mighty champion advancing Chinese medicine in the western world.
In his career as Executive Director for the AAAOM for a decade, Molony wrote, promoted and helped enact state laws for the legalization of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the United States.
“Chinese medicine is growing world wide and is increasingly accepted because it’s multi-millennial history as a preventative, therapeutic, and safe field of medicine. It promotes whole body healing,” says Molony, who has served numerous organizations throughout the United States and worldwide including, developing educational criteria for the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Acupuncture receives plenty of publicity, but it is only one finger on the hand of Chinese Medicine, which is a field of medicine in its own right. To understand acupuncture requires a complete education in the foundations of Chinese medical science,” said Molony. Molony and his wife Ming operate Lehigh Valley Oriental Medicine Centre, Catasauqua, PA.
Molony’s three-decade career includes significant positions with the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, the Association for Professional Acupuncture in Pennsylvania, plus dozens of national academic and international organizations.
Molony offered strategic recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration, the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the Institute of Medicine, and the United States Traditional Medicine Congress.
When he served at the National Conference of State Legislatures to educate legislator(s), Molony aided to help expand the number of states that legislatively accept acupuncture and herbal medicine to 43 from 26 states. In 1998, Molony penned the AAOM Complete Guide to Chinese Herbal Medicine (Berkeley Health Press).
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