How Chinese medical halls have kept tradition alive over the years

Across the country, there are now over 6,000 Chinese medical halls.

It is 10.30am at Ban Choon Medical Hall in Kuala Lumpur and the establishment’s 51-year-old owner Hin Yau Leong is busy tending to customers who have come in to purchase an assortment of dried herbs and other goods.

“We get customers of all ages here – from the young to the old,” he says.