International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine

International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine IASTAM is an international organisation in the field of Asian medicine embracing both academics and practitioners.

Some public hospitals are now offering acupuncture alongside conventional treatment for back pain, stroke recovery and c...
28/08/2026

Some public hospitals are now offering acupuncture alongside conventional treatment for back pain, stroke recovery and cancer-related symptoms.

Some hospitals are now offering acupuncture alongside conventional treatment for back pain, stroke recovery and cancer-related symptoms.

Call for papers for our next conference in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University from July 12-16, 2027! Please s...
27/08/2026

Call for papers for our next conference in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University from July 12-16, 2027!

Please submit proposals via the online portal by September 30, 2026 (link in bio).

https://cspd.in/hopes-conference Health: Organisation, Practice, and Emerging Strategies - An International Conference a...
23/08/2026

https://cspd.in/hopes-conference Health: Organisation, Practice, and Emerging Strategies - An International Conference and Doctoral Colloquium bringing together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners for a sustained dialogue on health systems, equity, ageing, care, and emerging strategies in healthcare.
20-22 August 2026 CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. The conference extensively deliberated on Traditional Complementary and Integrative Health Systems.

Ka Wai FAN 范家偉, Temples of the Three Sovereigns, Physicians and Medicine in the Yuan Dynasty 元代三皇廟、醫者與醫學 (Shanghai: Shan...
18/08/2026

Ka Wai FAN 范家偉, Temples of the Three Sovereigns, Physicians and Medicine in the Yuan Dynasty 元代三皇廟、醫者與醫學 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 2026).

This book examines medicine during the Yuan dynasty, addressing physicians’ lives, medical developments, materia medica, prescriptions, and the transmission of medical knowledge, with particular attention to the integration of northern and southern medical traditions. Following the prolonged geopolitical fragmentation of the Southern Song and Jin-Yuan periods, imperial reunification under the Yuan precipitated a parallel development in medicine, shifting it from regional division towards epistemic consolidation. Departing from an existing historiography that has predominantly privileged either the "Four Great Masters of the Jin–Yuan" (Jin-Yuan si dajia 金元四大家) or the impact of cross-cultural medical exchange, this study highlights the collation, synthesis, and canonisation of Yuan medical knowledge and demonstrates its formative influence on medicine during the Ming dynasty.

本书以元代医学为研究对象,围绕医者生平、医学发展、本草、医方及医学知识传播等方面展开论述,重点探讨元代南北医学融合这一重要问题。南宋、金、元时期长期分裂,至元代实现统一后,医学亦经历了由分流走向整合的发展过程。相较于以往研究多关注“金元四大家”或域外医学影响,本书更重视元代医学知识的整理、汇通及其对明代医学发展的深刻影响。

Big News!  The call for papers for ICTAM XI, the Eleventh International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine is now ou...
04/08/2026

Big News! The call for papers for ICTAM XI, the Eleventh International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine is now out.
From July12-16, 2027, IASTAM will host the conference at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Come to the crossroads of Asian medicine, where traditional lifeways and foodways intersect from across Asia, making up a rich multi-cultural medical landscape, the perfect site to reflect on medical migration, knowledge transmission, and the recent calls for modernisation and evidence based medicine from the World Health Organisation.

Please share this announcement with your friends and colleagues.

ICTAM XI ICTAM XI 2027 Call for Papers Contact ICTAM XI Eleventh International Congress of Traditional Asian Medicine ❀ Efficacy, Evidence and Safety in the Practice of Asian Medicine 12–16 July 2027 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Conference theme The WHO recently framed traditional...

📍 Taipei | This Saturday I 15:00-16:30Join Professor Yang Yan's talk on the transformative history of Chinese medicine i...
31/07/2026

📍 Taipei | This Saturday I 15:00-16:30

Join Professor Yang Yan's talk on the transformative history of Chinese medicine in Singapore. If you're in Taipei and interested in the history of medicine, this is a great opportunity to hear her latest research.

【新加坡共和國成立以後的中醫藥管制】

1978年10月6日,新加坡衛生部公布,將一種華人稱為黃連或川連,印度人稱為Daruharidra的小檗鹼(Berberine)列入受《毒藥法令》(Poisons Act)控制下的毒品名單中。當局發現,體內缺乏一種G6PD酵素的人,小檗鹼(黃連)將使其血液裡的紅血球產生嚴重敗壞現象,最後將由於黃疸而導致腦部受損。由於黃連帶來毒性效果,而且市面上也有替代性藥物可用,可以治療黃連所能醫治的病症。因此,衛生部在考慮其利害關係後,決定禁止此藥品的入口、銷售以及被用以製造其他供服用的藥物。

禁令在中醫界引起了強烈反對。中醫藥團體多次呈文衛生部長請求放寬條令,允許中醫師在受管制的條件下使用黃連,但政府未予同意。中醫藥界的理由是,應用黃連是配合辨證論治的理論指導,根據病情的實際需要,對症下藥,病除為止,絕無濫用可能。以黃學文為代表的衛生部回應說,兒科部門的研究肯定了黃連對嬰兒黃疸病有嚴重影響。除非中醫藥界能對黃連的用處提出科學研究與統計數字的證據,否則政府不會改變主意。黃表示,「要求中醫根據西醫的方法,進行科學實驗,提呈有科學根據的研究報告⋯⋯科學根據並不是西醫的專有名詞,不論在經濟、商業和電腦方面,都要講究科學精神,不然的話,新加坡也不會有那麼現代化的一天。」

對於黃學文提出的要求,中醫界回應稱,「有關黃連的科學根據,統計數字的資料其實很多,在近來中國剛出版的具有權威性與研究作用的《中藥大辭典》及許多中西醫結合的臨床經驗著作中,隨時都能找得到(有關資料另附)。」中醫界認為,黃是從西醫的角度看待黃連,而中醫有其獨特的理論、方法和經驗。針對西醫所言,可用其他成分相似的藥物代替黃連。中醫界認為,中醫用藥和西醫不同,西醫注重化學成分和提取,可以找到成分相似的藥物代替,但是中醫由於各種藥物的特性差異,無法這樣做。由此可見,雙方站在各自的立場,以不同的醫學理論、不一致的研究方法為基礎,無法溝通。雙方對「科學根據」的定義和標準也有分歧,因此無法妥協。

禁令也牽扯到另一方面的問題。中醫界請求政府放寬條令的理由包括,西醫可以在受管制的情況下使用毒藥,為何不能給予中醫同樣的許可權。然而,政府回應稱,由於中醫並不像西醫一樣須向政府註冊才可行醫,基於難以監管的情況,因此政府不可能批准中醫有限度地配售黃連。可見在這階段,中醫仍未合法化,沒有像西醫一樣的法定註冊、考試、監管制度。因此,當政府無法管制中醫的行為,只能通過對中藥的管制來管理中醫藥問題。

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新加坡政府對黃連、黃柏等中藥材的解禁,一直要等到2016年才實現。獨立建國後的新加坡承襲英殖民政府的方針,以西醫為國家醫療體系的核心,但依然無法漠視中醫在民間的現實需求。中醫、西醫要如何解決「科學根據」的歧異?政府的管理思維與手法又有怎樣的改變? 下週六(8/1)下午3點,出版中心將邀請新加坡國立大學中文系楊妍老師,以及中央大學歷史所皮國立老師,一同來談《新加坡現代中醫之生成》。

//活動資訊//

中醫的全球在地化——以新加坡為案例

主講:楊 妍(新加坡國立大學中文系高級研究員兼雲茂潮中華文化研究中心副主任)
   皮國立(國立中央大學歷史所特聘教授兼所長、中國醫藥大學中醫學系兼任教授)
時間;2026年8月1日(六)15:00-16:30
地點:聯經書房(台北市新生南路三段94號B1)
活動網址:https://www.facebook.com/events/1960104698661564

※活動自由入場,額滿為止※

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《新加坡現代中醫之生成:政府和民間組織的作用與互動(1867-2013)》◎楊妍 著
https://reurl.cc/qGj8nN

26/07/2026

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