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By Xu Wenwen |
June 7, 2010, Monday
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WHILE Westerners often say that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," the Chinese traditionally look to herbs to keep them healthy.
Herbal medicine is the primary internal therapy in traditional Chinese medicine, and Hangzhou is famous for its traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, clinics and famous pharmacies.
It also has TCM museums and restaurants serving healthy herbal dishes and beverages.
Two notable examples are the Hu Qing Yu Tang TCM museum and the Guang Xing Tang TCM clinic. They also serve as restaurants and offer a variety of TCM massages.
Both are popular with locals and tourists.
Hu Qing Yu Tang TCM museum
The only national-level TCM museum lies at the foot of Wu Hill and is on the former site of the Hu Qing Yu Tang drugstore, considered the "King of Medicine" in south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
It includes a museum, working clinic, pharmacy workshop and restaurant.
Built in 1874 by renowned businessman Hu Xueyan of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the complex covers more than 4,000 square meters. It is one of China's best-preserved business establishments from the late Qing Dynasty.
There are doctors diagnosing patients in a clinic, workers filling prescriptions and compounding medicine pills.
Exhibitions describe the history and fundamentals of TCM and thousands of specimens of herbs are displayed, along with descriptions of their therapeutic uses.
A restaurant serves healthy and delicious food that is prescribed in various diet therapies.
Some dishes are prepared especially for men or women to enhance qi (energy). Some dishes cool the system, some warm it up. Some yin (cold energy) foods like celery and watermelon are prescribed in summer, while yang (hot energy) foods like lamb and ginger are prescribed in winter.
Address: No. 95 Dajing Lane
Tel: (0571) 8699-2277
Guang Xing Tang TCM clinic
This is a stylish modern TCM clinic featuring TCM culture, health care, and cuisine. It's a tranquil place to learn about traditional healing in Hangzhou.
Guang Xing literally means "popular and booming." The museum was built in 2005 on the grounds of the 200-year-old Liang Residence, former home of Liang Kentang, an official in charge of justice in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
The 2,500-square-meter site features traditional southern Chinese architecture with delicate but not fussy decoration. It offers lectures, acupuncture and massage. Medicinal herbs are grown in a garden and medicinal dishes are served in an adjacent restaurant. Eating here is a good way to take your medicine while pleasing your palate with tantalizing delicacies. It has a set menu of medicinal meals with 10 courses, from soups and congees to teas and other infusions.
Chefs can cook to order but diners need a diagnosis and prescription and should call in advance so the kitchen can collect the correct herbs and fresh ingredients in advance.
The TCM clinic also offers tui na (Chinese massage) and acupuncture, key aspects of traditional medicine.
Unlike soft massage in many spas, which can make customers fall asleep, tui na is a vigorous push-pull massage that gets the energy moving in both meridians and muscles. Therapists knead, roll, pull, rub and pound, sometimes using forearms and elbows.
This clinic is a one-stop TCM shop for diagnosis, prescription, medicinal foods and massage.
Address: No. 2 Shuangyanjing Lane
Tel: (0571) 8788-1600
Herbal medicine is the primary internal therapy in traditional Chinese medicine, and Hangzhou is famous for its traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, clinics and famous pharmacies.
It also has TCM museums and restaurants serving healthy herbal dishes and beverages.
Two notable examples are the Hu Qing Yu Tang TCM museum and the Guang Xing Tang TCM clinic. They also serve as restaurants and offer a variety of TCM massages.
Both are popular with locals and tourists.
Hu Qing Yu Tang TCM museum
The only national-level TCM museum lies at the foot of Wu Hill and is on the former site of the Hu Qing Yu Tang drugstore, considered the "King of Medicine" in south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
It includes a museum, working clinic, pharmacy workshop and restaurant.
Built in 1874 by renowned businessman Hu Xueyan of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the complex covers more than 4,000 square meters. It is one of China's best-preserved business establishments from the late Qing Dynasty.
There are doctors diagnosing patients in a clinic, workers filling prescriptions and compounding medicine pills.
Exhibitions describe the history and fundamentals of TCM and thousands of specimens of herbs are displayed, along with descriptions of their therapeutic uses.
A restaurant serves healthy and delicious food that is prescribed in various diet therapies.
Some dishes are prepared especially for men or women to enhance qi (energy). Some dishes cool the system, some warm it up. Some yin (cold energy) foods like celery and watermelon are prescribed in summer, while yang (hot energy) foods like lamb and ginger are prescribed in winter.
Address: No. 95 Dajing Lane
Tel: (0571) 8699-2277
Guang Xing Tang TCM clinic
This is a stylish modern TCM clinic featuring TCM culture, health care, and cuisine. It's a tranquil place to learn about traditional healing in Hangzhou.
Guang Xing literally means "popular and booming." The museum was built in 2005 on the grounds of the 200-year-old Liang Residence, former home of Liang Kentang, an official in charge of justice in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
The 2,500-square-meter site features traditional southern Chinese architecture with delicate but not fussy decoration. It offers lectures, acupuncture and massage. Medicinal herbs are grown in a garden and medicinal dishes are served in an adjacent restaurant. Eating here is a good way to take your medicine while pleasing your palate with tantalizing delicacies. It has a set menu of medicinal meals with 10 courses, from soups and congees to teas and other infusions.
Chefs can cook to order but diners need a diagnosis and prescription and should call in advance so the kitchen can collect the correct herbs and fresh ingredients in advance.
The TCM clinic also offers tui na (Chinese massage) and acupuncture, key aspects of traditional medicine.
Unlike soft massage in many spas, which can make customers fall asleep, tui na is a vigorous push-pull massage that gets the energy moving in both meridians and muscles. Therapists knead, roll, pull, rub and pound, sometimes using forearms and elbows.
This clinic is a one-stop TCM shop for diagnosis, prescription, medicinal foods and massage.
Address: No. 2 Shuangyanjing Lane
Tel: (0571) 8788-1600
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