IASTAM
@iastam.bsky.social
International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine
https://iastam.org
https://iastam.org
Ahead of the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine (17–29 Dec, New Delhi & online), WHO’s Bulletin has released its first special issue on Traditional Medicine since 1977, featuring new research, reviews, and policy papers.
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WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
In the run up to the 2nd WHO Global Summit in Traditional Medicine, 17-29 December in New Delhi and online, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a special issue dedicated t...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ahead of the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine (17–29 Dec, New Delhi & online), WHO’s Bulletin has released its first special issue on Traditional Medicine since 1977, featuring new research, reviews, and policy papers.
www.who.int/news/item/07...
www.who.int/news/item/07...
New Special Issue in Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry on the Tibetan Tukdam post-death meditative state (Ed. Tawni Tidwell).
Exploring how life, death, and consciousness meet in this rare state.
link.springer.com/journal/1101...
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Exploring how life, death, and consciousness meet in this rare state.
link.springer.com/journal/1101...
centerhealthyminds.org/science/stud...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New Special Issue in Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry on the Tibetan Tukdam post-death meditative state (Ed. Tawni Tidwell).
Exploring how life, death, and consciousness meet in this rare state.
link.springer.com/journal/1101...
centerhealthyminds.org/science/stud...
Exploring how life, death, and consciousness meet in this rare state.
link.springer.com/journal/1101...
centerhealthyminds.org/science/stud...
Between Land and Body 🌿
Join Mridul Surbhi (PhD, IIT Delhi) this Thursday, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM IST on Zoom for a talk on Amchi medicine in Kinnaur & Spiti — where healing meets land, lineage & life.
🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/92358826919
Hosted by the Research Scholars Colloquium, Ashoka University.
Join Mridul Surbhi (PhD, IIT Delhi) this Thursday, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM IST on Zoom for a talk on Amchi medicine in Kinnaur & Spiti — where healing meets land, lineage & life.
🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/92358826919
Hosted by the Research Scholars Colloquium, Ashoka University.
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Between Land and Body 🌿
Join Mridul Surbhi (PhD, IIT Delhi) this Thursday, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM IST on Zoom for a talk on Amchi medicine in Kinnaur & Spiti — where healing meets land, lineage & life.
🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/92358826919
Hosted by the Research Scholars Colloquium, Ashoka University.
Join Mridul Surbhi (PhD, IIT Delhi) this Thursday, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM IST on Zoom for a talk on Amchi medicine in Kinnaur & Spiti — where healing meets land, lineage & life.
🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/92358826919
Hosted by the Research Scholars Colloquium, Ashoka University.
#ABN2025 Prof Michael Stanley-Baker
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
(Nanyang Technological University Singapore) who shared lessons from building Polyglot Asian Medicine. Rigour gives direction; humility builds bridges. That’s how we co-create between traditional and biomedical worlds.
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
(Nanyang Technological University Singapore) who shared lessons from building Polyglot Asian Medicine. Rigour gives direction; humility builds bridges. That’s how we co-create between traditional and biomedical worlds.
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#ABN2025 Prof Michael Stanley-Baker
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
(Nanyang Technological University Singapore) who shared lessons from building Polyglot Asian Medicine. Rigour gives direction; humility builds bridges. That’s how we co-create between traditional and biomedical worlds.
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
(Nanyang Technological University Singapore) who shared lessons from building Polyglot Asian Medicine. Rigour gives direction; humility builds bridges. That’s how we co-create between traditional and biomedical worlds.
#ABN2025: join IASTAM President @mstanleybaker.bsky.social
for Situating Practice: How to Build Congenial Epistemic Spaces for Productive Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange on Traditional Medicine.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/ma...
for Situating Practice: How to Build Congenial Epistemic Spaces for Productive Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange on Traditional Medicine.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/ma...
Main Conference
Keynote addresses, plenary sessions, panel discussions, and parallel tracks held across two full days.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#ABN2025: join IASTAM President @mstanleybaker.bsky.social
for Situating Practice: How to Build Congenial Epistemic Spaces for Productive Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange on Traditional Medicine.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/ma...
for Situating Practice: How to Build Congenial Epistemic Spaces for Productive Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange on Traditional Medicine.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/ma...
Discover Singapore’s Healing Heritage!
Explore how Traditional Chinese Medicine evolved from humble medical halls to innovative treatments at “Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore.”
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Explore how Traditional Chinese Medicine evolved from humble medical halls to innovative treatments at “Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore.”
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October 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Discover Singapore’s Healing Heritage!
Explore how Traditional Chinese Medicine evolved from humble medical halls to innovative treatments at “Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore.”
singaporeccc.org.sg/media_room/h...
Explore how Traditional Chinese Medicine evolved from humble medical halls to innovative treatments at “Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore.”
singaporeccc.org.sg/media_room/h...
December 6–7
Yo San University presents Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine. A two-day virtual conference exploring how Classical Chinese medical wisdom lives on through translation and practice.
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Yo San University presents Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine. A two-day virtual conference exploring how Classical Chinese medical wisdom lives on through translation and practice.
www.eventbrite.com/e/language-a...
Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine
A Yo San University Symposium
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October 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
December 6–7
Yo San University presents Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine. A two-day virtual conference exploring how Classical Chinese medical wisdom lives on through translation and practice.
www.eventbrite.com/e/language-a...
Yo San University presents Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine. A two-day virtual conference exploring how Classical Chinese medical wisdom lives on through translation and practice.
www.eventbrite.com/e/language-a...
Some fascinating seminars coming up (in-person only).
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Some fascinating seminars coming up (in-person only).
If you are interested in medicine, animal studies and ecology you can attend ‘Medicinal Animals’ in Crisis: A Three-Part Symposium online this week, hosted at NUS in Singapore.
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If you are interested in medicine, animal studies and ecology you can attend ‘Medicinal Animals’ in Crisis: A Three-Part Symposium online this week, hosted at NUS in Singapore.
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
Ministry of Ayush Inaugurates India’s First Integrative Oncology Research and Care Centre at AIIA Goa - This is, designed to bring together traditional and modern medical systems to offer patient-centric, evidence-informed oncology rehabilitation.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ministry of Ayush Inaugurates India’s First Integrative Oncology Research and Care Centre at AIIA Goa - This is, designed to bring together traditional and modern medical systems to offer patient-centric, evidence-informed oncology rehabilitation.
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
As President of IASTAM, Michael Stanley-Baker @mstanleybaker.bsky.social has released a remarkable cache of drug names linking 12 South Asian languages with Malay and Chinese. A major step forward for cross-regional research on medical traditions.
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18 reactions · 14 shares | Polyglot Asian Medicine 2.0 releases 72,000 new drug names in 12 South Asian Languages.
Kudos to Chris Khoo and 黃嘉宏, power developers, and also to Varuna Subramanya at TDU...
Polyglot Asian Medicine 2.0 releases 72,000 new drug names in 12 South Asian Languages.
Kudos to Chris Khoo and 黃嘉宏, power developers, and also to Varuna Subramanya at TDU Bengaluru for providing...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
As President of IASTAM, Michael Stanley-Baker @mstanleybaker.bsky.social has released a remarkable cache of drug names linking 12 South Asian languages with Malay and Chinese. A major step forward for cross-regional research on medical traditions.
www.facebook.com/reel/1079535...
www.facebook.com/reel/1079535...
Singapore is testing 18 proposals to bring TCM into public healthcare.
Andrea Heng & Hairianto Diman chat with NTU’s Yang Mingxiao on what it’ll take to make this trial succeed.
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna93...
Andrea Heng & Hairianto Diman chat with NTU’s Yang Mingxiao on what it’ll take to make this trial succeed.
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna93...
CNA938 Rewind - Traditional Chinese Medicine no longer just an alternative
Singapore is evaluating 18 proposals under a sandbox initiative to incorporate certain traditional Chinese medicine treatments into public healthcare. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Yang Mi...
www.channelnewsasia.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Singapore is testing 18 proposals to bring TCM into public healthcare.
Andrea Heng & Hairianto Diman chat with NTU’s Yang Mingxiao on what it’ll take to make this trial succeed.
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna93...
Andrea Heng & Hairianto Diman chat with NTU’s Yang Mingxiao on what it’ll take to make this trial succeed.
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna93...
Panel 2 @ #MAE2025 (Vienna, Sept 18): Engaging Plurality, Negotiating Diversity 🌿
Bringing together scholars on Tibetan, Himalayan & Mongolian Sowa Rigpa traditions.
Info: mae.univie.ac.at/.../Panel_02...
Organized by Stephan Kloos & Barbara Gerke
Online registration:
Bringing together scholars on Tibetan, Himalayan & Mongolian Sowa Rigpa traditions.
Info: mae.univie.ac.at/.../Panel_02...
Organized by Stephan Kloos & Barbara Gerke
Online registration:
Registration
Registration
mae.univie.ac.at
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Panel 2 @ #MAE2025 (Vienna, Sept 18): Engaging Plurality, Negotiating Diversity 🌿
Bringing together scholars on Tibetan, Himalayan & Mongolian Sowa Rigpa traditions.
Info: mae.univie.ac.at/.../Panel_02...
Organized by Stephan Kloos & Barbara Gerke
Online registration:
Bringing together scholars on Tibetan, Himalayan & Mongolian Sowa Rigpa traditions.
Info: mae.univie.ac.at/.../Panel_02...
Organized by Stephan Kloos & Barbara Gerke
Online registration:
Yin, Yang, and Machine Learning: The Convergence of TCM and AI
digest.headfoundation.org/2024/07/10/y...
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Yin, Yang, and Machine Learning: The Convergence of TCM and AI - Digest by The HEAD Foundation
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a form of complementary medicine that was first developed over two thousand years ago. The TCM concepts, such as ‘Yin’(阴) and ‘Yang’(阳), that are used to describe...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Yin, Yang, and Machine Learning: The Convergence of TCM and AI
digest.headfoundation.org/2024/07/10/y...
digest.headfoundation.org/2024/07/10/y...
Belated update: The 21st International Congress of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) took place in Taiwan on Aug 30–31, 2025.
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
September 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Belated update: The 21st International Congress of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) took place in Taiwan on Aug 30–31, 2025.
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
NIKOM and South Korea’s Health Ministry host the Intl. Symposium on Traditional Medicine, Sept 9–10, 2025.
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
NIKOM and South Korea’s Health Ministry host the Intl. Symposium on Traditional Medicine, Sept 9–10, 2025.
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
Modern pharmacology struggles to explain why people respond differently to the same drug. A new paper uses Ayurvedic principles and the Co.M.S. framework to shed light on drug behavior.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Redirecting
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August 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Modern pharmacology struggles to explain why people respond differently to the same drug. A new paper uses Ayurvedic principles and the Co.M.S. framework to shed light on drug behavior.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
High-quality clinical trials and cohort studies demonstrate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine treatments using acupuncture and Chinese Proprietary Medicines (CPMs) for chronic and non-chronic diseases in Singapore.
annals.edu.sg/integrating-...
annals.edu.sg/integrating-...
Integrating traditional Chinese medicine into disease management in Singapore - Annals Singapore
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was introduced to the Singapore population by early Chinese immigrants from China.1 During Singapore’s colonial era,
annals.edu.sg
August 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
High-quality clinical trials and cohort studies demonstrate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine treatments using acupuncture and Chinese Proprietary Medicines (CPMs) for chronic and non-chronic diseases in Singapore.
annals.edu.sg/integrating-...
annals.edu.sg/integrating-...
IASTAM’s member Sarah Rivkin @salliebklyn.bsky.social joins Qiological’s Michael Max to discuss translation as clinical practice where every word carries weight, diagnosis is translation, and the translator’s lens shapes both scholarship and clinical practice. www.qiological.com/language-as-...
August 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
IASTAM’s member Sarah Rivkin @salliebklyn.bsky.social joins Qiological’s Michael Max to discuss translation as clinical practice where every word carries weight, diagnosis is translation, and the translator’s lens shapes both scholarship and clinical practice. www.qiological.com/language-as-...
Dr. Theresia Hofer will speak on “Deaf and Disability Activism in Tibet and the Himalayas”.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
August 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Dr. Theresia Hofer will speak on “Deaf and Disability Activism in Tibet and the Himalayas”.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
🇮🇳 This Independence Day, for the first time, 150 medicinal-plant farmers were honored as special guests in Delhi. The Ministry of Ayush hosted them, highlighting the growing role of herbal agriculture in India’s future. 🌿
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First Independence Day, first medicinal farmer show
79th Independence Day today will be the first I-Day in Delhi for medicinal farmers coming as special guests from all corners of India.
indianexpress.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
🇮🇳 This Independence Day, for the first time, 150 medicinal-plant farmers were honored as special guests in Delhi. The Ministry of Ayush hosted them, highlighting the growing role of herbal agriculture in India’s future. 🌿
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
indianexpress.com/article/citi...