Ep. 069: How does Traditional Chinese Medicine Work?
Guest: Dr. Joseph Sung, University of Hong Kong
Time Magazine dubbed him the Asian Hero during the SARS outbreak.
Dr. Joseph Sung is the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong, and a global leader in gastroenterology who has published more 800 full scientific articles and written more than 25 books. In short, he is a highly respected health care practitioner.
Dr. Sung is also actively working to introduce holistic approaches to patient care, in particular Traditional Chinese Medicine. “What we're striving at: to try to put together the best of care in terms of Medicine, in terms of Physical and Mental health for the recovery of the illness.”
Dr. Sung points out that TCM and Western medicine compliment one another rather than compete. “In Chinese Philosophy and Chinese thinking, health is keeping our balance. And in Western Medicine, this is the term sometimes we use called homeostasis, and that is to keep the balance of the electrolytes, of our hormones and so on. I do believe that a lot more can be done to find out how they fit into each other to provide the best care.”
