During the March–May period, spring, China becomes warmer, the ice and snow melt, river levels rise, and new plants sprout, but, unfortunately, it’s also a time when various bacterial and viral pathogens can breed, and, people may have to deal with migraines, irritability, a lack of strength, or laziness and sleepiness......
A particular plant, known as dendrobium officinale, is believed to have cancer-fighting powers and is gaining in popularity among consumers in China, Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan. Commonly grown in greenhouses, the plant is a daily ingredient at dinner tables in Guangdong province......
During the SARS outbreak, traditional Chinese medicine made a great contribution to curing the previously unknown and deadly disease. As a result, TCM won the recognition of the World Health Organization and improved its status on the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao......
China's top traditional Chinese medicine authority has announced a nationwide training program. Under the initiative, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has appointed 734 leading TCM specialists to instruct 1,465 students in clinical practice and academic research......
TCM views a patient's condition as a reflection of the interaction of five elements of nature: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The goal is to use raw materials, principally herbs, to treat disease. Patients are treated holistically, with prescriptions tailored to an individual's condition......
The most sought-after commodity in areas hit by the H7N9 flu outbreak is a 10-yuan ($1.60) herbal remedy, indigowoad roots, or banlangen, which has been selling out in stores across Shanghai and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces......
The traditional Chinese medicine banlangen has once again come under the spotlight because of an outbreak of the H7N9 strain of avian flu that has infected 28 people and left eight of them dead, according to the country's health authorities.....
Despite H7N9 human infections, some 17 health officials from 14 Asian countries have traveled to Beijing to attend a 10-day traditional Chinese medicine training program held by the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission......
TCM is practiced in more than 160 countries and regions across the world, and some Asian countries have started integrating traditional and complementary medicine into their national health system to help improve healthcare access and limit dramatic increases in health expenditures......
Citing the case of a Beijing girl who was discharged from a hospital Wednesday afternoon, Liu Qingquan, a member of the TCM expert team for the prevention and control of human infections of H7N9, said at a press briefing that TCM was administered 15 hours after the patient took Western medicines when her temperature hit 39.8 degrees Celsius......
The ongoing outbreak of H7N9 infections in humans is linked to the migration of wild birds, research shows. He Hongxuan, a principal investigator at the Institute of Zoology with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, confirmed the connection, saying it is linked to the migration of wild waterfowl......
BEIJING -- A new strain of bird flu that has been spotted across China has brought vegetable dealer Xu Jialiang mixed feelings. For Xu, who has been selling veggies for 20 years in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, the virus is a cause for concern, but also a commercial opportunity......