Conventional and traditional medicine are often viewed as distinct, but their integration could be transformative for ...

For Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist Cara Frank, treating patients boils down to one thing: patterns. “We have a saying in Chinese medicine and it’s really important,” she says. “One disease can ...

Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, has been around for thousands of years and incorporates Taoism (a nature-based philosophy) with elements of Buddhism and Confucianism. Centered around the core ...

BEIJING — "Stick out your tongue. Now give me your wrist." That's how "Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)" practitioners begin to diagnose what ails you. It's often followed by a prescription of ...

When it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, the key to good health is maintaining the balance between the two opposing forces in your body: yin and yang. But what happens when the yin is unbalanced ...

You may sometimes notice athletes or celebrities with purple circles on their skin from cupping. Or maybe you know someone who swears by acupuncture for their back pain or herbal teas for colds. More ...

The creature is being trafficked across Africa and Asia to fuel a steady demand for their scales, an ingredient in unproven remedies Zach Theiler A pangolin emerges from an underground tunnel at night ...

Herbal remedies have been used by healers around the world for centuries to prevent and treat disease. But it’s in China that the practice has been most extensively used and documented. Advocates have ...

BUCHAREST -- It has been a busy six months for the Chinese ambassador to Romania. Among the institutions that Han Chunlin has visited during his travels around Romania, the envoy made stops at two of ...

Traditional Chinese medicine, often referred to as TCM, is a system of health care that dates back to the third century B.C. It grew out of the writings of ancient healers, who began recording their ...