MD, Acupuncturist, 4-year Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Licensed Psychotherapist (Jungian), B.A. in Philosophy.
After a 3-year Course in Acupuncture at “So-Wen” in Milan, Elisa attended the 3-months Training Course of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing in 1983. Since then, she went back to China 7 more times, for one or two months, gaining clinical experience in the TCM Departments of Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Jinan.
In 1994, together with a group of 9 acupuncturists, Elisa founded the School of TCM “MediCina”.
From 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine.
Elisa cooperates with Agopuntura Senza Frontiere ASF and volunteered in Madagascar - 2008, Laos - 2010, Tanzania - 2012.
Books:
- “Shen – Psycho-Emotional Aspects of Chinese Medicine”, Churchill-Livingstone, 2007
- “Basi di Medicina Cinese e Clinica di Tuina”, CEA, Milano 2004
- “Pediatrics in Chinese Medicine”, Donica, 2011
Articles in English:
- “Notes of diagnosis and evaluation of efficacy in TCM”, European Journal of Oriental Medicine, vol.5 n.1, 1995
- “The space shared between patient and acupuncturist”, European Journal of Oriental Medicine, vol.3 n.2, 2000
- “Fire and emotional illnesses”, European Journal of Oriental Medicine, vol.4, n.6, 2005
- “Shoulder chronic pain treated with wrist-ankle acupuncture”, Journal of Chinese Medicine, n.80, 2006
- “Paediatric Tuina and Acupuncture: The Xiaoxiao Clinic in Milan”, Journal of Chinese Medicine, n.85, 2007
- “Acupuncture and Tuina for Hyperactive Children” (Journal of Chinese Medicine, n.94, 2010)
- “Children and Water-Fire Unbalance” (Jing-Shen, n.6, 2010)
- “Basis of Paediatric Tuina” (The Lantern, vol.VIII, n.1, 2011)
Lectures and seminars in English:
- Lectures in Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth (November 2007)
- 20-hours Course at the Medical School, University of Milan (March 2008)
- Seminar: "Shen: Psycho-Emotional Aspects of Chinese Medicine", The Journal of Chinese Medicine, London (June 2008).
- Lecture: “Strategies of diagnosis and therapy of psycho-emotional disorders”, 40° European TCM Congress (Rothenburg, May 2009).
- Seminar: “Paediatric Tuina - Traditional Chinese Massage for Children”, EIOM, Munich (July 2009)
- Lecture: “Emotions, Qi constraint and Fire: From the classics to our clinical practice”, 2° Scandinavian TCM Congress (September 2009)
- Workshop: “Paediatric Tuina: Diagnosis and practice for the main children patterns”, 2° Scandinavian TCM Congress (September 2009).
- Seminar: “Shen, emotional disorders and our clinical practice”, Katowice, Poland (March 2010)
- Seminar: “Common psycho-emotional disorders: from the classics to our clinical practice, EIOM, Munich (July 2010).
- Lecture: “Functions and disorders of Spleen in early development”, Basel, ASA TCM congress (December 2010).
- Seminar: “Shen, emotional disorders and our clinical practice”, Reading, England, College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (January 2011).
- Workshop: “Paediatric Tuina for acupuncturists and tuina-shiatsu practitioners”, Reading, England, College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (January 2011).
- Workshop: “Chinese Medicine for Hyperactive Children”, Tel Aviv, Israel International Congress of Chinese Medicine (February 2011).
- Lecture: “The mind body matrix – all acupuncture methods must find their root in the shen”, England, Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (May 2011).
- Lecture: “Children's qi: so strong, so fragile - how should we address this in the treatment room?”, England, British Acupuncture Council – BacC (September 2011).
- Lecture: “Zangzao, bentunqi and diankuang are still with us: hot to recognize and treat them”, England, British Acupuncture Council – BacC (September 2011).
- Seminar: “Paediatric Tuina for acupuncturists and tuina-shiatsu practitioners”, Tel Aviv (March 2012).
- Workshop: “Advanced Paediatric Tuina: clinical cases”, Tel Aviv (March 2012).
- Seminar: “Children and Chinese Medicine”, Austrian Scientific Association of Medical Doctors for Acupuncture, Wien (April 2012)
- Seminar: “Classical syndromes affecting the spirit”, Reading, England, College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (June 2012).
- Seminar: “Paediatric Tuina for acupuncturists and tuina-shiatsu practitioners”, Katowice, Poland (October 2012).
- Lecture: “Paediatric Tuina – an Introduction and first steps”, ASA TCM congress, Basel (December 2012).