WWF and TRAFFIC International welcome a World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) statement urging its members not to use tiger bone or any other parts from endangered wildlife. The statement was made at a symposium on Friday in Beijing …
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If you were born in the following years, you were born in the year of the Tiger: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998. 2010 is the year of the metal Tiger, and metal’s color is white. Metal is …
Tiger farms: A conservation idea red in tooth and claw? By Dean Irvine, CNN Many believe that Beijing’s 1993 international ban helped to change attitudes, particularly in China, and reduce demand for tiger parts in Asia, especially in traditional Chinese …
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Who: American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine & World Wildlife Fund (WWF) What: WWF’s Year of the Tiger Campaign will include a presentation on tiger conservation by Eric Dinerstein The Goal: Double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, …
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CNN’s Emily Chang reports on efforts to fight the use of endangered animal parts in traditional Chinese medicine. Click here to watch the CNN video. Click here to view upcoming ACTCM events. About American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine American …
Chinese Herbs in the 21st Century: Questions for a Sustainable Future By Jasmine Rose Oberste LAc with Bria Larson China is home to a greater diversity of the world’s plants than any other region of the planet. Considering that herbal …
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(The following news was originally distributed by Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2009.) BEIJING, Dec 17, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) – Chinese medical specialists announced Thursday they had developed a Chinese herbal medication to treat the A/H1N1 flu. Seven months …
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With new strains of the influenza virus appearing on a regular basis, ways to stay healthy are on peoples’ minds. While vaccination and drug therapy are the core of the Western medicinal approach to preventing influenza, traditional Chinese medicine offers …
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San Francisco, CA – For many people, the holidays bring more attention to family, work and money. As a result, individuals can find themselves feeling more depressed, anxious and stressed than usual. Combine this stress with recent stock market lows, …
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Statistics suggests that, on average, Americans gain about 2-5 pounds during the winter holiday season— the six-weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Although this amount may seem minor, the fact that this weight gain is often not lost over …
by Courtney Cavaliere (This story originally appeared in the American Botanical Council’s Herbal e-Gram.) As the global market for Chinese herbal medicine continues to rapidly expand, some Asian medicinal plants are increasingly faced with over-harvest, habitat loss, effects of climate …
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On November 28th and 29th, 2009, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) organized a successful and historic gathering of experts from the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and international wildlife conservation communities in Beijing, China. The International Symposium for the …
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December 1st marks World AIDS Day. The impact of the epidemic hits close to home. According to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 18,107 San Franciscans have died from AIDS since 1981, and 18,679 are currently living with HIV/AIDS in the …
Lixin Huang, former president of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM), recently participated in an event called “Healing Without Harm.” Huang joined Jill Robinson, founder and executive director of Animals Asia Foundation (AAF), for a fascinating look at …
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