Live: Chinese experts share TCM therapy for COVID-19 with overseas counterparts
Updated 19:30, 29-Mar-2020

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been proven effective, especially for patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19, in China. How can TCM and Western medicine work together in fighting against the coronavirus? What are the ways we can improve our immune system with TCM? Leading Chinese experts share their COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment experiences with their counterparts from the U.S., Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Lebanon.

Attendees include:

Liu Qingquan, head of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Feng Qimao, associate chief physician, CCU at Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital

Zhou Yuanshen, associate chief physician, intensive care department at Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Yan Fang, associate chief physician, internal medicine department at Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Wang Tan, chief physician, lung disease department at Changchun University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital

Dr. Edmond Ibrahim, founder, China-Arab Association for promoting culture

Dr. Muhib Shinwari, doctor, Ariana Medical Complex in Afghanistan

Dr. Amir Hooman Kazemi, professor, Tehran University and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Dr. Hassan Arooj, director general, Health Services Directorate in Islamabad

Dr. Joseph Brady, acupuncturist, Colorado Health Sciences Center, Metropolitan State College of Denver