TCM & Wellness
Evidence-based articles on TCM & Wellness — conditions, diagnostic approaches, treatments and what to expect from China's specialist hospitals.
Beijing's 40 TCM Medical Tourism Packages: What Foreign Patients Can Actually Use
In October 2026 Beijing announced 40 standardised TCM medical tourism packages across 21 institutions. What is published, the service loop, and how to access one.
Five Innovative TCM Drugs Approved in China in Five Months
From June to October 2026, China's NMPA approved five Class 1.1 innovative TCM drugs. The list of approvals, the TCM syndrome regulatory shift, and patient access.
Mid-Autumn and the Seasonal Pivot: What the Equinox Teaches About Metabolic Balance
Outside China, the Mid-Autumn Festival reads as mooncakes and family reunion. In classical Chinese medicine it also marks a turn in the year: from summer's outward spending of energy towards autumn's gathering in. What that tradition asks you to change at the equinox — sleep, warm food, moistening the airways, tea beside the mooncake — and how much of it modern evidence supports.
Traditional Chinese Medicine 101, Part 2: Experiencing TCM in China Without Getting Burned
Where you go decides almost everything. Accredited public TCM hospitals are regulated, priced by municipal schedule, and staffed by licensed physicians; roadside wellness parlours are none of those things. What a real consultation involves, what the counter rates look like, and how to tell the difference.
Traditional Chinese Medicine 101, Part 1: Origins, Evolution, and a Different Model of the Body
TCM is neither mysticism nor fraud. It is an observational clinical system with its own logic — the body as an ecosystem to rebalance rather than a machine to repair. Where it came from, how it changed through epidemics, and how it sits alongside CT scanners in Chinese public hospitals today.
The Architecture of Everyday Longevity: How China Reaches High Life Expectancy on Modest Health Spending
China's life expectancy sits close to that of far higher-spending health systems. Most of the explanation is outside the hospital: cooked-vegetable meals, walking built into the day, community routines that keep older adults connected, and cheap early detection at the community clinic.
TCM Wellness Programs: Pain, Skin, Reset, and Women’s Health
Traditional Chinese Medicine programs combine acupuncture, herbal therapy, and holistic diagnosis tailored to your needs.
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