Friday, June 20 2014
My experience here in China would have not been possible without the Yunnan Traditional Hospital leaders, SIT administrators and language teachers. They are the ones bridging the gap between the American lifestyle and Kunming lifestyle. We would be so lost without them. Our first couple of days in Kunming has been orientation. We got to see the 12-story Traditional Medicine Hospital (TCM) where our classes will be held on the 12th floor. The TCM hospital is very unique because there isn’t much patient privacy and I got to peek in some of the rooms. I saw a few patients getting acupuncture to treat various diseases such as facial paralysis, which is common in the area. Furthermore, the TCM hospital has a pharmacy except its medicine is all kinds herbs, animals and minerals. We ate a fruit that was supposed to help with blood circulation. Animals such as a centipede or leech are cooked in soup for medicinal purposes too. Later on Dr. Wen Zengzhe, who was been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for over twenty years gave us a presentation on health safety and problems in Kunming. I found it interesting that HIV is a big problem as well as drug smuggling from southern countries like Laos and Myanmar, which is punishable by death.
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| TCM Hospital entrance |
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| TCM Medicine (Mineral, Centipede, and Leech) |
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