Ilkay Zihni Chirali

Ilkay Zihni Chirali was born in 1946 in Lemba (CIRALI) Gazi Baf, Cyprus. He grew up in a village by the sea where people, animals and plants were dependent upon each other. They shared the same simplicity and their environment was always treated with conviction, respect and love. He eventually left Cyprus to pursue his higher education, first in Turkey and then in Sweden and England. In 1982 with his family he emigrated to Australia, where he studied Traditional Chinese Medicine with Professor Wong Lun and Master Daniel Wong. He qualified as an acupuncture practitioner in Melbourne, Australia, where he opened his first Acupuncture and Stress Therapy Clinic. He returned to England in 1987 and now runs an Acupuncture and Cupping Therapy clinic in Bexleyheath, Kent, where he treats children as well as adults. His wide-ranging studies have brought him expertise in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Cupping Therapy (Hejama), clinical hypnotherapy, the Lusher Personality Test, Paediatric acupuncture, and Western Pathology. He has studied further in Nanjing, China, at the College of International Medicine and First Affiliated Hospital in the Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Gynaecology departments. He has practiced cupping therapy from an early age, and gaining his first experience of the technique when employing the traditional Turkish folklore remedy for colds. He has been organising regular cupping workshops around the world since 1988 and a BBC TV programme appearing as an “Expert”. To date, he has given over 60 public lectures and a BBC World Service Radio talk on the subject of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cupping Therapy. E-mail : ilkayzchirali@aol.com