The author is H. B. Kim L.Ac. He graduated Emperors college in 2000. He has been teaching CA board and NCCAOM test preparation class at several schools. This new edition includes fundmentaltheory, diagnosis, acupuncture, herbs, formulas, western medicine, and laws & CNT. More than 200 pages increased comparing with 2nd edition. A lot of new informations such as full color pictures of 240 herbs, more detailed explanations of herbal formulas for NCCAOM and DuYao have been added. Also new contents of Bensky and Giovanni book have been reflected It has many questions and answers to prepare for the license tests. 700 pages