With respect to its relation with Chinese medicine, bonesetting is generally performed after extensive Tui Na (massage) application of Chinese herbs, and acupuncture to allign soft tissue such as muscle, ligament, and tendon. In this chaper, Reid contrasts the Taoist orientation of Hong's medicine to the Confucist orientation of another Chinese medicine practitioner, and links Hong's practice to his practice of Chinese internal martial arts. There is a chapter about Hong in Chinese Herbal Medicine, by Daniel Reid - available used from. Tom has also spect extensive time in Taiwan and the PRC training in Chinese internal martial arts, and currently teaches Ba Gua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan, and runs a Chinese medicine clinic, in New York City.īoth Hsu Hong Chi and Hong Yi Xiang were Chinese internal martial arts teachers Hong Yi Xiang was also well known as a doctor of Chinese medicine. His tradition of traditional Chinese bonesetting comes from Vince Black, who learned many of his techniques from Hsu Hong Chi in Taiwan, as well as from his teacher, Hong Yi Xiang.