Despite skepticism of Western doctors and general public about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), NBA star Yao Ming has chosen the ancient remedy to help heal the stress fracture in his left foot after surgery in early March. He is hoping to get better in time for the Beijing Olympic Games in August this year.
However, the father knew his son's pain would be worth it. He told Ling, an Indonesian intern in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), that his child's hearing had improved because of it and that if she wanted to learn acupuncture, she should apprentice herself to Bai.
All of us, in our early 50s, had gathered for dinner at a restaurant in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, during the recent Spring Festival break, a period when most Chinese traditionally prepare a lot of meat.
Suddenly, we found ourselves discussing a topic we never really cared much for some years ago when we were in our prime - health.
"In the past 10 days, all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines have seen an increase in prices," said Jiang, a medicine dealer in Xiamen, east China's Fujian province. Prices of some herbs, like Campanulaceae and Notopterygium have more than doubled by now.
Summer is the best season to experience Mount Wudang, a mist-shrouded Taoist Mecca in central Hubei province. Most visitors arrive in the morning, pay homage at the Taoist monasteries, climb a stairway to the awe-inspiring Golden Palace on the mountain peak, and leave at dusk.
The survey is a result of research on the development strategy of the soft power of Chinese culture, which is a major project of the national social science foundation. Other items on the top 10 list are Chinese characters, calligraphy, the Great Wall, the five-star national flag, the Imperial Palace, statesman Deng Xiaoping and the Terracotta Warriors.
Louise Van Der Kley is now a regular user of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), although many of her Dutch friends used to say "it's only psychological if it helps." "My whole family has benefited from TCM and we have strong faith in it," said the 63-year-old retired teacher.
The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry looks likely to gain an overseas presence by tapping into the US market. Tasly Group Co Ltd, one of China's leading biopharmaceutical companies, announced on Thursday a $40 million investment plan in TCM product research at a new operation in the US state of Maryland.
A dialogue full of promise between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine (WM) has started in Italy, former President of the European Commission and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi told Xinhua in a recent interview.
A French student obsessed with traditional Chinese medicine, used to feel completely lost in class. But improvements in teaching methods by professors of traditional Chinese medicine aiming to make concrete abstract theories and empirical practices have helped Galliard understand things better.
It took thousands of miles for Henriette Reker to experience the magic of traditional Chinese medicine, but she believes it was worth it.
A meeting on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) came to an end on Sunday in the southern German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, attracting more than 1,200 attendants from 32 countries and regions.