C. Pierce Salguero

Dr. C. Pierce Salguero has a Ph.D. in the History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is a researcher of Asian medical traditions. Dr. Salguero has authored five books on multiple aspects of Traditional Thai Medicine, which have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, and Estonian, and have been published in English-Thai editions in Thailand. The first edition of The Encyclopedia of Thai Massage has been the number one best-selling book on Thai massage on Amazon.com since shortly after its publication in 2004. His other books include A Thai Herbal: Traditional Recipes for Health and Harmony (Findhorn Press, 2003) and Traditional Thai Medicine: Buddhism, Animism, Ayurveda (Hohm Press, 2007). Dr. Salguero teaches advanced courses on Thai Massage and Traditional Thai Medicine at the Thai Institute of Healing Arts, where he also serves as Director of Research. (www.PierceSalguero.com)