TCM, Western medicine collaboration could help tackle chronic GI disorders, experts say


IPOH: There needs to be more collaboration between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine to find ways to treat chronic functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, says a TCM expert.

Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University Chinese Medicine and Biomedical Sciences director Associate Prof Dr Linda Zhong said that while some GI disorders can be treated with Western medicine, some may be more difficult to address, and this is where TCM could help.

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