About Us

Owen Liao, Ph.D., L.Ac.

 

Qigong Healer, Tai Chi Master, Licensed Acupuncturist

Owen is a licensed acupuncturist, qigong healer, and Tai Chi master.

Owen was born in 1952. His parents were farmers and lived in a rural village in Taiwan. At age 3, he contracted polio, which paralyzed the right side of the body. Fortunately, his parents found a Chinese doctor for him. Within 2 years, he recovered much of his physical strength; however, he still had a weak constitution and was better at studying than sports. Owen was the first in his village to attend Taiwan’s top high school and attend college. He moved to the United States in 1985 and worked as an Information Technologist on Wall Street for 14 years. In 2002, he decided to change careers and pursue his dream to become a healer.

Even while working in the banking world, Owen nurtured his interest in Chinese medicine. During his search for a Chinese healer, he met Mr. Tom Tam, who introduced him to Chinese medicine, qigong, and Tai Chi. Throughout his years working on Wall Street, Owen continued to study Chinese medicine, focusing on understanding neurological conditions. He was able to greatly improve his own post-polio syndrome and gradually strengthen himself. Finally in 2002, he embraced Chinese medicine as his new career. He became a National Board Certified Acupuncturist and founded Eastern Healing Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine in 2006. Owen is now a licensed acupuncturist in both Maryland and Virginia.

Owen’s expertise in treating chronic disorders has been well appreciated by his patients who have suffered from weight gain, infertility, asthma, arthritis, chronic pain, headaches and migraines, etc. You can read more about these experiences in the Testimonials.

Below is a sampling of Owen’s achievements during his career.

Timeline & Accomplishments

Since 1994, Owen has been a permanent member of the Chinese Traditional Medical Therapy Association. He is authorized to practice Qigong, TuiNa, GuaSa and Cupping in Taiwan.

In 1999, Owen created his first major work in Chinese medicine: Qigong Tuina, one of his most effective therapies.

Owen earned his NCCAOM acupuncture diploma in July 2001 and became a licensed acupuncturist in Maryland in January 2002.

Over the years, Owen has gained an in-depth understanding of Yang style Tai Chi for health purposes. He has created a Yang Style Essence Tai Chi routine which consists of fifteen movements that take only four minutes to perform. This is especially appropriate for today’s busy life style. Owen believes that if one has learned Essence Tai Chi, which is very short, this is enough to relax the body and build up the Qi to massage internal organs – resulting in improved health and quality of life.

On December 4, 2001, he enjoyed his first microcosmic (XiaoZhouTian, 小週天) experience while he was in his Tai Chi meditation. A strong Qi force came out from GV1 (ChangQiang) and slowly went up along Du Mai. Then it paused around his mouth for about 5 minutes. It moved to CV12 (ZhongWan) where there was a blockage in his stomach area. It paused here for about 5 minutes. Then it proceeded to move down to DanTian like a small waterfall.

Owen has been an expert of Tong Ren Therapy, which was originally developed by Mr. Tom Tam. In October 2001, Owen integrated Tong Ren Therapy with Chinese Medicine Meridian Systems, and created Meridian Tong Ren Therapy. Mr. Tom Tam has given his recognition to this unique therapy.

In December 2001, Owen created his Modern Chinese Medicine Theory. Modern Chinese Medicine Theory combines modern anatomy and physiology and his Six Energetics Model with Owen’s unique expertise. The treatment results from Modern Chinese Medicine Theory are extremely beneficial.

One of his most exciting events is that he developed an Eye Healing Protocol in 2004. This powerful healing method enables him to help many clients with weak vision, double vision, near-sighted, and far-sighted conditions.

In 2005, Owen has developed his Holistic Weight Loss program. With the program he helped many overweight patients to reduce weight to 194 lbs from 320 lbs in a 10 month period.

Owen is consistently improving his knowledge and expertise. He earned his Chinese medicine Ph.D. degree from American Global University in December 2005. Around the same time, one of his patient’s family presented to him a beautiful 3′x2′ Healing Hands frame as their appreciation for Owen’s healing work for the family.

Send Owen a message using our contact form, or call him directly at (301) 519-2346.