Traditional Chinese Medicine, ABC?

17 March, 2005, 2-3 pm

DC2-200A (Study Center)

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an exception to most traditional Chinese arts and technology and it remains practical and valuable for patients in the modern societies in the East and West. Acupuncture, a part of TCM, is well accepted in the United States as an alternative therapy for the management of pain and other conditions. Although it took almost thirty years for medical researchers in the States to “approve” that acupuncture really works, the TCM herbal therapy may need less time to become equally popular at the present pace of development. How did “acupuncture fever” start in New York? What is the advantage of TCM comparing with Western medicine? Is TCM an Art, Bioscience, or Culture (ABC)? In the talk entitled “Traditional Chinese Medicine, ABC?”, Dr. Li Yongming will give a brief introduction of TCM and try to answer these questions.

Dr. Li is a licensed Medical Doctor, Acupuncturist, and Researcher. He earned BM in TCM from Liaoning College of TCM, China and a PhD in Molecular Immunology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed resident and fellowship training at NSUH hospital and Columbia University. Dr. Li has published over 100 papers and abstracts and two books. He has received several Research Awards and four US patents. Currently, Dr Li is the President of Traditional Chinese Medicine Association & Alumni (tcmaa.org) and also serves as a TCM expert for several committees at National Institutes of Health.