By WANG HAORAN, SHI BAOYIN and CHEN FENGYUE in Zhengzhou |
China Daily Global |
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Chang Guanglin (right) checks the pulse of a patient in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in August. CHINA DAILY
Chinara Kaparova regarded herself as being fairly familiar with traditional Chinese medicine and open-minded about it, but she said she nevertheless nursed a fear about some of its procedures.
The pediatric neurologist, 59, in Bishkek certainly appreciated its value, having studied TCM in Beijing for a month several years ago. Yet when it came to her own ailments — headaches, high blood pressure, insomnia and icy feet that dragged down her quality of life — she hesitated. It was only after her sons, who had received effective treatment from a TCM practitioner, urged her to visit him that she decided to take that step.
