A man in China who felt unwell and consulted a woman with a reputation for healing with acupuncture – despite not being formally trained – died after the treatment went horribly wrong.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has many ideas about how different food combinations can affect your health. TCM divides people’s body types into nine constitutions. TCM doctors can use your ...

Traditional Chinese medicine is a brilliant component of Chinese ... The genuine qi of human beings comes from three sources: primordial qi, qi of food essence and air. Primordial qi is inborn ...

Can herbal extracts be used to investigate liver fibrosis? Researchers at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM) are using new research tools to try to understand the ...

Holistic medicine emphasizes the importance of taking proactive steps to improve one’s lifestyle, reduce stress, and eat ...

Enhanced technologies and research standards for plant research could help strengthen the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery. Plants can be frustratingly inconsistent.

Authoritarian rulers, prestigious supranational organisations and pure financial might don’t either. With China’s government behind it, there appears to be little that can get in the way of ...

"Traditional medicine, represented by traditional Chinese medicine, is gaining recognition from an increasing number of countries and regions for its effectiveness, advantages, characteristics and ...