Traditional Medicine

Acupuncture, Tibetan & Mongolian medicine, time-honored pharmacy culture

Traditional medicine ICH includes TCM acupuncture (UNESCO 2010), Tibetan medicine (Lhasa and Gannan schools), Mongolian, Uyghur and Dai medicine, and the pharmacy culture of time-honored houses such as Tongrentang, Huqingyutang and Pien Tze Huang. Centred on holism, pattern differentiation and genuine regional materia medica, it is a living medical knowledge system, and many of the old pharmacies remain cultural landmarks you can still visit.

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