BRIDGING TRADITIONS: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. GABRIEL LI ON THE INNOVATIONS AND GLOBAL REACH OF CHINESE MEDICINE
By Raymond Lam
“AROUND ONE IN TEN AUSTRALIANS HAS USED ACUPUNCTURE IN THE PAST YEAR, AND THE MAJORITY OF GPS NOW REFER PATIENTS TO ACUPUNCTURISTS. IT’S NO LONGER SIMPLY AN ‘ALTERNATIVE,’ WHICH WAS WHAT TCM WAS CALLED FOR DECADES, BUT A COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY FOR A HEALTH-CONSCIOUS PUBLIC.”
W elcome to a new series of interviews for the AustCham Macau newsletter, in which we speak to Power Hour speakers. In this pilot piece, Dr. Billy Chan and Raymond Lam spoke to Dr. Gabriel Li of Macau University of Science and Technology. A practitioner and expert in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Dr. Li was one of two speakers on 27 August’s Power Hour at St. Regis, Cotai. We sat down with Dr. Li after his talk to explore the journey of TCM in the West and the cutting-edge biotechnology research emerging from the Greater Bay Area (GBA). In a recent AustCham Macau Power Hour talk on
27 August, Dr. Gabriel Li, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Chinese Medicine at Macau University of Science and Technology, provided a fascinating insight into the evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Even Chinese-born friends who adopt TCM might do so as a cultural practice, or based on the good word of others. Some of us have heard of the relative or friend who, at their wit’s end after using modern medicine in vain, turn to alternative plans like TCM and then enjoy a striking recovery. But now TCM, thanks to the efforts of specialists like Dr. Li, is becoming a globally-recognised, scientifically- validated field.
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