About Jing Fang Classics Institute
Jing Fang Classics is an international institute dedicated to the teaching, research, and clinical application of the Han Dynasty school of medicine. Our mission is to preserve and transmit the Jing Fang teachings of Professor Huang Huang 黄煌 while promoting the highest standards of Classical Chinese Medicine worldwide.
Through the guidance of Professor Huang Huang, we teach the Classical medical tradition from a practical, evidence-informed, and clinically focused perspective, emphasising accurate pattern differentiation, objective diagnosis, and effective clinical results.
In recent years, interest in Chinese Herbal Medicine has grown significantly. However, many educational programmes around the world provide limited clinical training in the practical application of the Classical formulas. Jing Fang Classics was established to bridge this gap by providing comprehensive education in the theory, diagnosis, and clinical application of Jing Fang medicine, enabling practitioners to confidently integrate the Classics into modern clinical practice.
Professor Salustino Z. Wong 黄仁 first began teaching Professor Huang Huang's Jing Fang Prescription Method in Italy in 2006. Over the following years, courses expanded to Spain, Portugal, Peru, and several other countries, laying the foundation for an international Jing Fang community.
In 2017, Professor Salustino Z. Wong, together with Ana Celso and Raquel Filipe, established Jing Fang Classics PT/ES, bringing Classical Formula Medicine to Spanish/Portuguese-speaking practitioners. This initiative revived his Jing Fang teaching in Portugal, making authentic classical training accessible throughout Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
In 2021, Salustino Z. Wong and Tara Barden established Jing Fang Classics ENG (formerly Jing Fang Ireland). Originally created to serve students within Ireland, the programme quickly attracted practitioners from around the world and became the English-speaking branch of the institute, providing structured education to students across Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania.
Today, the Jing Fang Classics Institute has established branches serving English, Spanish/Portuguese, French, Italian, Estonian, and Russian-speaking communities, creating an international network dedicated to preserving and advancing the clinical tradition of Jing Fang medicine.
Students from more than 30 countries, including Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Estonia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United States, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, India, Portugal, Spain, Peru, and many others, have studied with Jing Fang Classics, forming a growing global community committed to the study and clinical application of Classical Chinese Medicine.
Professor Huang Huang 黄煌 is the director of the International Jing Fang Institute at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine and is internationally recognised as one of the world's foremost authorities on Jing Fang. His work has played a pivotal role in the revival and modern clinical application of the Classical formulas recorded in the Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) and Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet).
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Chinese Medicine, Professor Huang Huang was awarded the prestigious title of Nationally Famous Chinese Medicine Doctor (全国名中医), one of the highest professional honours bestowed upon physicians in China.
An internationally respected clinician, educator, and scholar, Professor Huang Huang has authored and edited numerous influential texts that have shaped contemporary Jing Fang practice. His major works include The Ten Classes of Formula of Traditional Chinese Medicine (《中医十大类方》), Zhang Zhong-jing's Clinical Application of 50 Medicinals (《张仲景50味药证》), The Guidance of Case Histories (《医案助读》), The One Hundred Classical Formulas (《经方100首》), and Applications of Medicinals with Classical Formulas (《药证与经方》).
Professor Huang Huang's teaching is distinguished by its clear, systematic, and clinically practical approach. His methodology centres on the concept of Lèi Fāng (類方), or families of formulas, together with the principles of Yào Zhèng (藥證), the correspondence between medicinal substances and clinical presentations, and Tǐ Zhì (體質), constitutional medicine. These frameworks provide practitioners with a structured method for understanding the Classical formulas and applying them safely and effectively in contemporary clinical practice.
Today, Professor Huang Huang continues to inspire practitioners and educators worldwide, helping to preserve the wisdom of the Han Dynasty while demonstrating its enduring relevance in modern medicine.
Prof. Huang Huang
Salustino Z. Wong
Salustino Z. Wong is a distinguished Chinese Medicine physician, international educator, and Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, with over 30 years of experience in clinical practice, research, and teaching.
He completed his Bachelor's Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Master's Degree in Clinical Acupuncture & Tuina, and Ph.D. in Clinical Chinese Medicine at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, one of China's leading institutions for Traditional Chinese Medicine, between 1994 and 2008. Prior to pursuing his medical studies in China, he completed formal training in Western pharmacology in his native Cuba.
Since 1998, Salustino has studied directly under some of China's most respected clinicians, including Professor Huang Huang in Classical Formula Medicine (Jing Fang), alongside renowned teachers Ying Ming (Paediatrics), Wang Ning Sheng (Acupuncture), Tao Kun (Acupuncture & Moxibustion), Zhang Ke Jian (Tuina), and Xue Bin (Chen Style Taijiquan).
In 2006, he began introducing Jing Fang medicine to Europe through his first teaching programmes in Italy. This marked the beginning of what would become the Jing Fang Classics Institute, an international educational organisation dedicated to preserving and teaching the authentic clinical application of Classical Formula Medicine.
Today, the institute has established branches across Italian, Estonian, Spanish/Portuguese, French, English and Russian-speaking countries, with an expanding international community of practitioners and students. Through this network, Jing Fang education has continued to spread worldwide, making this classical medical tradition accessible to clinicians across diverse cultures and healthcare systems.
His previous academic appointments include teaching Shang Han Lun and Tuina at the Matteo Ricci Institute of Chinese Medicine, and serving as Director of the Master's Degree in Classical Formula Medicine at SIFCET in Milan. He is also an internationally recognised Chen Style Taijiquan teacher, regularly teaches seminars and intensive training programmes throughout Europe, including Italy and Estonia.
Having lived in China for over two decades, while drawing upon his Latin American heritage and extensive experience working across Europe, Salustino offers a rare intercultural perspective on Chinese medicine. His deep understanding of both Eastern and Western ways of thinking enables him to bridge cultural and conceptual gaps, making the profound principles of Classical Chinese Medicine clear, practical, and clinically relevant for practitioners around the world.
