Chinese Medicine Notes

Phillippe Sionneau

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Yael

Phillippe Siounneau is not a well known name here in Israel.
If practitioners know him, it’s mainly for his books, but that’s about it.
A few years ago I thought that having an interview with him would be a good way to get to know him, and indeed we exchanged e-mails, in which he appeared very kind and generous in sharing his ideas about Chinese Medicine.
I don’t know how well known he is abroad, I hope you will find this interview with him interesting enough to read and also give his books a chance to impress you- if they still haven’t.

Phillippe Sionneau is a French practitioner.
He was born in 1967, in France.
He received his B.A in Economics in 1983 and on 1986 he received a diploma in naturopathy from the R. Masson Institute.
In 1994 Sionneau finished his studies at Hubei College of Chinese Medicine, in Wuhan in China and received his B.Sc degree. This year also marked the beginning of his clinical work in various clinics in Paris, Geneva and Barcelona.
Over time, Sionneau became a well known practitioner in Europe, teaching across Europe- mainly France, Spain and Switzerland. He also practices different methods of Qi Gong.
Over the years, Sionneau wrote about 20 books, some of them on his own and some along with Bob Flaws.
In the end of this post I will present a few of his books.

This interview took place in 2004, I found Sionneau busy but he wrote me back and appeared to be very kind with many smilies and a real passion for Chinese Medicine.

CMNotes: You started with studying economy. Then studied naturopathy. Then you studied Chinese Medicine. How does one start with economy and gets to Chinese Medicine (CM)? How did that happen?
P.S: like many