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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Latest news and updates about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including Covid-19 treatments, food to eat and avoid, acupuncture, gua sha, and how TCM could help with anxiety and pain relief.
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9 September, 2024
Ex-One Direction band member Zayn Malik praises Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, a Chinese herbal syrup, as an “elixir” for his voice in an interview with British Vogue in June 2024. Photo: SCMP composite/YouTube (@British Vogue)/Ninjiom.com
Wellness

The celebrities driving traditional Chinese medicine’s boom in the West

Stars from Ariana Grande to Tom Brady are helping traditional Chinese medicine treatments like cupping and acupuncture soar in popularity.

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Chinese culture

The secrets of snake wine, long touted as good for health

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The rise of traditional Chinese medicine

Wellness

Why Chinese Gen Z are getting TCM winter body check-ups

Lei Yun Shang’s traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic in Shanghai is seeing more young people get health checks as winter sets in.

Qiu Jingchuan, deputy chief practitioner at Lei Yun Shang, takes a patient’s blood pressure at the company’s TCM clinic in Shanghai, China. Photo: Lisa Cam
Wellness

Explainer | Why ‘growing snakes’ – shingles – is so painful and how to prevent it

Shingles causes a rash that can feel like ‘being burned and electrocuted’ at the same time. We look at its symptoms, treatment and vaccine.

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Wellness

Explainer | As TCM is promoted in Hong Kong, a primer on the cultural ‘treasure’

A festival of traditional Chinese medicine and a dedicated hospital are ways TCM is being promoted in the city. Here’s what you need to know.

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Food and Drinks

What is Pei Pa Koa and why is Ariana Grande adding it to her ‘vocal box’?

The Chinese cough syrup, loved by singers like Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, is also finding its way into cocktails around the world.

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Ariana Grande arrives at the fourth annual Academy Museum Gala on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Help for 5,000 in Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine mental health project

Baptist University project promotes use of Chinese medicine to treat depression, anxiety or insomnia.

Belt and Road Initiative

To expand TCM use, China to train 1,300 practitioners in belt and road nations

About 1,300 overseas health workers will be part of the first batch to learn about the approach.

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Britain

‘Slapping therapy’ guru Hongchi Xiao jailed after death of diabetic UK woman

The healer promoted paida lajin therapy, getting patients to slap themselves repeatedly to release ‘poisonous waste’ from the body.

Danielle Carr-Gomm died when an alternative healer who advocated “slapping therapy” to treat a range of maladies failed to get her medical help, during the fourth day of a workshop in October 2016. Photo: AP
Trending in China

Profile | Chinese MMA champion Shi Ming gains viral fame for contrasting persona as TCM doctor

Fans affectionately call her ‘the most formidable martial arts TCM doctor’, highlighting her unique skills in both fields.

Shi Ming is a TCM doctor by day and an MMA fighter by night, earning her fans’ admiration. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Health & Fitness

China expands health insurance coverage with 91 new drugs, innovative treatments

The health authority shows its support for novel drugs, while driving tough bargains with pharmaceutical firms on prices.

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Trending in China

Chinese tourist has heart attack, saved by German studying TCM since childhood

He explains his preference for TCM over CPR, citing concerns for patient’s delicate condition.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong moves to restrict business use of medical terms such as ‘clinical’

Government seeks to better protect public from falling for misleading claims, but some professionals say proposal goes too far.

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Some in the fitness industry argue professionals working in areas outside of medical settings, such as sports therapists or stretch therapists, provide treatments effective in relieving health problems such as sports injuries. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Lessons from China's history

Reflections | How ‘dragon bones’ shed a whole new light on China’s ancient history

With the news that dinosaur fossils were found in Hong Kong, here is how China’s oracle bones changed our understanding of the Shang dynasty.

Oracle bone, The engraved characters are the earliest known examples of Chinese script. The bones originally used for divination also provide information about rulers, battles, folk religion and religious rites. China. Chinese. Shang dynasty c 1766 1122 BC. An yang, Honan. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Shady practices at Hong Kong pain relief, ‘bone-manipulating’ centres spotlighted

Just three convictions due to grey areas in adverts for pain-management services, official says.

Profile

Meet a real-life Mr Miyagi based in Fuzhou – but what is Incense Shop kung fu?

Unlike his Karate Kid counterpart, Lin Shan Quan doesn’t do discretion – instead he’s going all out to bring his particular martial art to the uninitiated masses.

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Chinese culture

No walnuts in Chinese walnut cookies? A Hong Kong baker explains

Walnut cookies are still made the old-fashioned way – and without any nuts – by Hong Kong baker Man Fuk-on, 73. He talks about the importance of preserving tradition.

Traditional Chinese walnut cookies made by Hong Kong master baker Man Fuk-on, at the Hong Kong Culture Festival, in August, 2024. Photo: Hong Kong Culture Festival
Hong Kong society

‘A way of life’: how Hongkonger is bringing TCM to wider audience

Lam Kar-yeung has been selected as a finalist for the Spirit of Hong Kong Awards 2024 in the culture category.

Chinese culture

5 popular spices used in Chinese cooking and why people love them

Sand ginger, Chinese cassia, star anise, turmeric and five-spice powder have been used for their taste and health benefits for centuries.

Hong Kong

‘Hong Kong’s Dr Fauci’ on weathering Sars and Covid-19

Yuen Kwok-yung had an impoverished childhood, but went on to become world-changing infectious-disease scholar

Yuen Kwok-yung, or “Hong Kong’s Dr Fauci”. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Greater Bay Area

Exclusive | Macau neighbour Hengqin eyes Chinese medicine, technology for development

‘Hengqin has cheap land, low tax for both corporations and individuals, and a good living environment,’ official says.

An aerial photo taken on November 4, 2023, shows a view of the Hengqin International Financial Center in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province. Photo: Xinhua
What to do in Hong Kong

5 Mid-Autumn Festival wellness events in Hong Kong, September 13-19

Health and wellness things to do this Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong include yoga and qigong classes, a comedy show, a self-love workshop and attending an intimate show exploring intimacy and art.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | 3 ways Hong Kong can get the most out of Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine needs a focus on practical training and integration with other disciplines to help improve Hong Kong’s healthcare outcomes.

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Viral stories

Japan ‘thought killers’ offer health therapy described as ‘scary’ and ‘intense’

Japanese celebrities are flocking to endorse an extreme version of Chinese acupuncture that uses so many needles clients are described as looking like a hedgehog.

“Thought killers” like Shirakawa, in small photo, use Chinese acupuncture techniques to eliminate harmful mental patterns to promote a healthier mindset. Photo: SCMP composite/IG@shirakawa.729
China's economic recovery

Is TCM the cure to China’s investment woes?

Common ingredients used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products have seen their prices surge in recent years as users stockpile supplies and available farmland grows scarce.

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Physicians sort traditional Chinese medicine ingredients at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong economy

Organisers have high hopes for Hong Kong Food Expo, vendors happy with survival

Event will take place from August 15 to 19 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai and be held in tandem with four other fairs.

Trending in China

China woman who ‘learned’ acupuncture from videos induces heart failure, kills man

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.

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