About Master Hou
Master FaXiang Hou is the founder and director of the QiGong Research Society. He has an extensive background and training in authentic traditional methods which he uses to give healing treatments to his patients and to teach his students healing through the power of nature, which is accessible to all of us.
Early training and roots
At the age of 13, Master Hou began training in traditional QiGong healing under the guidance of his father in China. Master Hou is a fifth generation master of his family’s Medical QiGong, herbalism, and other traditional healing methods. After completing his studies with his father, Master Hou went on to study with five other accomplished QiGong masters of varying specialties thereby adding to his knowledge and skills.
Research and Recognition
Master Hou traveled to the United States in the early 1990’s. While treating patients here, he became active in research using QiGong as a treatment for AIDS. Since that time, Master Hou has conducted QiGong research for diseases including Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis of the knee. Gaining recognition for his teaching, research and treatments, he has received invitations to teach and speak in many locations and venues. For example, in 2017, Master Hou was an invited speaker at the East-West Integrative Medical For Immunology & Wellness at Icahn School of Medicine in New York City.
Master Hou is committed to integrating QiGong healing with the western medical community. He believes that QiGong exercise and treatment can help people throughout the entire world including in industrialized and developing countries. Therefore, he remains committed to sharing and demonstrating the effectiveness of QiGong with both the general public and the medical community. For example, in the near future, there are plans to do clinical trials using QiGong for lower back pain at New York Medical College.
Current Endeavors: Teacher, Clinical Practitioner, and Author
Master Hou has a very active life not only as a healer, but also as a teacher, and author. He gives QiGong treatments by appointment in two offices located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and in Manhattan. His patients report relief and healing from a wide variety of chronic and acute diseases. To read more about some of the specific ailments Master Hou has successfully treated, visit our Testimonial page. Master Hou also teaches a full spectrum of courses to the public in Qi Gong including basic, intermediate, advanced, and water-fasting classes. As an author, Master Hou penned The Body in Balance, Unleashing the Power of Food: Recipes to Heal By, and Qi Gong for Health and Well-Being.