DIANA HERMANN, MAcOM, L.Ac.
Licensed Acupuncturist, NCCAOM Board Certified Herbalist
Owner, Acupuncture of the Rockies (www.AcupunctureoftheRockies.com)
and Zi Zai Dermatology (www.ZiZaiDermatology.com)
Educational Foundation
Diana received her Master’s Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine after completing a four-academic-year graduate program at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) in Portland, Oregon. Academic and clinical education included a solid foundation in the theories and practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine that was well balanced with education in western sciences and the western understanding of the human body. Upon graduation, Diana continued her education and clinical training at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NUTCM) in Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, where she completed internships in both internal medicine (Chinese Herbal Medicine, Dermatology Department) and in acupuncture at the affiliated hospitals of NUTCM.
- Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degree (MAcOM): Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 1999
- Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.): State of Colorado, since 2002
- Certified in Oriental Medicine: National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), since 2003
- Certified in Acupuncture: National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), since 1999
- Certified in Chinese Herbology: National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), since 1999
Advanced Training
Since a good practitioner’s learning should never end, Diana continues to pursue additional training in Oriental medicine annually by attending various continuing education seminars and taking post-graduate courses. In 2007 she completed an apprenticeship with one of the country’s leading sports medicine acupuncturists. In 2010 she became certified in Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal.
Diana has been in private practice since 1999 and has much experience treating a vast array of illnesses and conditions. Her specialties include, but her skills are not limited to: dermatological conditions, autoimmune diseases, pain and injuries, respiratory and other infections, and general wellness. In 2009, Diana founded Zi Zai Dermatology, a company that hand crafts topical herbal ointments and other skin care products based upon the principals of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Personal Background
Diana graduated from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. To maintain balance in her life, she began training in the martial arts (kung fu). This unexpectedly introduced her to Chinese medicine. Her fascination with this ancient healing art eventually guided her career down a new path.
Diana continues to stay physically active by playing soccer and practicing Ashtanga yoga. Other interests and activities include playing with her 3 dogs, hiking, snowboarding, telemark skiing, snowshoeing, camping and travel (especially to warm, sunny beaches!).
I really have to thank you for posting about the allergy to beeswax.
You have no idea how much reading your post has changed my life!
For a little under a YEAR I’ve been dealing with the beeswax reaction.
I have many many food allergies and blamed it on innocent foods that I began to avoid one by one believing it had something to do with the food I was consuming. I am 21 and in college and having this issue around the lips made me become more and more depressed. I model and and constantly in the spotlight when I do speeches for my school. When this rash began to develop I lost almost all of my confidence and was in a constant state of frustration.
I enjoy challenges therefore I turned the tables and created an intense food diary. One by one I chose which food I had a severe reaction to (or what it seemed like) and made a science experiment out of my eating habits. I left one food as a variable and kept everything else constant. I was suspicious about everything from coffee, red wine to MSG! I then moved onto SLS which is found in many toothpastes. You can’t understand how many neurotic hours I spent doing research online reading doctor forums on everything from eczema, herpes, rosacea, angular cheilitis, you name it! I really began to go a bit crazy. I would’t leave my room, I wouldn’t want to see people because I felt like a freak! The little clue that snuck right under my nose…my Chapstick!
Every time I felt my lips get horrid I would lather my face with Chapstick, there was my problem then entire time! One night (doing my routine forum searches) I stumbled upon your beeswax post. It was light a light went on in my mind! I literally flung the covers from my feet and ran to my bowl of chapsticks/lipglosses…8% bees wax, 15% beeswax, 70% BEESWAX! Every single darned gloss, stick, what have you had that little curse in it! I then called my significant other and told him I think I figured out what my deal was. That same night (mind you every night I would again bathe my face to hope to wake up to a normal smile) I dumped everything and put the only thing I had left, Vix Vapor Rub on my lips. I kid you not, the next morning I almost cried to look in the mirror and see my face no longer as a clown but the face I used to see before this all happened! It’s been about 3 weeks and I haven’t touched honey, anything containing beeswax and I’m brand new again.
You save’d me and I thank you. A million times over, thank you!
You are so welcome and thank you so much making me feel like the info I provide is making a difference. Although I must say that I cringed when I read you put Vick’s Vapor Rub on your lips – owie! I would have thought for sure that that would sting like a son-of-a-gun. Glad it didn’t and glad that you finally found the source of your rash – yay!