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4 unusual facts about Traditional Chinese Medicine


Chinatown, Chicago

Chicago's Chinatown is home to a number of banks, Chinese restaurants, gift shops, grocery stores, Chinese medicine stores, as well as a number of services that cater to people interested in Chinese culture, including those speaking Chinese, especially the Cantonese dialect.

Complex-toothed flying squirrel

In Traditional Chinese medicine the feces of the squirrel, known as the Five Spirits Grease (五靈脂, wǔ líng zhī) are believed to help against ulcer in the duodenum.

Inimicus

It is used as a food fish there, and it also has applications in Chinese medicine.

Wu Yen-hsia

She mentioned applying first aid to any injuries resulting from the fights, and she was "fearful that someone would be killed and there would be big trouble for the family" because her brother was "young and overly fierce".


Aconitum napellus

Aconite produced from the roots of a number of different species of Aconitum is used ethnomedically in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), to treat "coldness", general debility, and "Yang deficiency".

Angelica acutiloba

The extract of A. acutiloba roots is used in traditional Chinese medicine and is considered a substitute for dang gui, Angelica sinensis.

Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine

Founded in 2000, the Academy offers training in many branches of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including tui na massage, acupuncture, Chinese herbology, t'ai chi ch'uan and qigong.

Black rhinoceros

In June 2007, the first-ever documented case of the medicinal sale of black rhino horn in the United States (confirmed by genetic testing of the confiscated horn) occurred at a traditional Chinese medicine supply store in Portland, Oregon's Chinatown.

China Time-honored Brand

There are currently around 1,000 brands granted, among which notably are Tongrentang (traditional Chinese medicine), Quanjude (Peking Duck) and Go Believe (baozi or steamed dumpling).

Conolidine

Conolidine was first isolated in 2004 from the bark of the Tabernaemontana divaricata (Crepe jasmine) shrub which is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

CytoSolve

CytoSolve was founded in 2011 by Dr. VA Shiva Ayyadurai, an inventor, systems scientist and MIT-trained systems biologist, following his doctoral research in molecular systems biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), department of Biological Engineering, and his field work in eastern and traditional systems of medicine such as Siddha, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

HuaChanSu

HuaChanSu (bufo bufo gargarizans) is a traditional Chinese medicine extracted from the skin of the Bufo toad that is believed by some to slow the spread of cancerous cells.

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

The Forbes Five-Star spa, one of only three in Hong Kong, draws on the established Asian healing philosophies of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, offering a Vichy Shower, Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations, and Hong Kong’s first authentic Ayurvedic sanctuary.

Siddha medicine

In 2012, VA Shiva Ayyadurai, a Tamilian and MIT systems scientist, launched an educational program for medical doctors through the Chopra Center with Deepak Chopra which integrates concepts from traditional systems medicine such as Siddha, Ayurveda, and traditional Chinese medicine, with systems science and systems biology.


see also

A. chinensis

Anemone chinensis, one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine

Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

The practitioners in the clinic practice Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, Tai chi, Tui na massage (acupressure), Food Therapy, Moxibustion, and Cupping Therapy.

In 1982, Master Wei Tsuei (1926–2010) was a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tai chi meditation, and Qigong.

Ethyl caffeate

It is also found in Huáng bǎi, one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine, also known also as Cortex Phellodendri, the bark of one of two species of Phellodendron tree: Phellodendron amurense or Phellodendron chinense.

Faculties of Medicines in Hong Kong

There are three public, government funded schools of Traditional Chinese Medicine / Pharmacy in Hong Kong, including the School of Chinese Medicine of Hong Kong Baptist University, the School of Chinese Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, and the School of Chinese Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Fingolimod

Myriocin was isolated from the culture broth a type of entomopathogenic fungus (Isaria sinclairii) that was an eternal youth nostrum in traditional Chinese medicine.

Tianjin Medical University

TMU includes eight departments involved in 15 specialties such as Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology etc. but also Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine and Medical Humanities.