Our speaker this week was Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, founder, and director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine (CEWM). He gave a wonderful talk on the applications of Eastern and Western medicinal principles in healthcare and how he incorporated those principles into the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine.
Dr. Hui differentiates western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) through how they treat the body. Since TCM focuses on treating the body holistically, prevention is a huge part of Chinese medicine. On the other hand, western medicine is more focused on treating specific symptoms and illnesses, leading to more specialized treatments geared to specific body parts.
Integrative east-west medicine is an approach to clinical problem solving comprising judicious incorporation of principles and therapeutic modalities of traditional Chinese medicine, a biopsychosocial perspective, enhanced appreciation of the role of the soft tissues in health and disease, and a sharp focus on disease prevention and health promotion.
As the director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, Dr. Hui’s mission for the Center is to lead in improving health and quality of life by bringing together the best of Western and Traditional East Asian healing traditions to provide healthcare that is safe, effective, affordable, and accessible for people, families, and communities.
If you want to learn more about integrative east-west medicine, the Center for East-West Medicine will be offering an introductory course, MED 185, from August 2nd to September 8th, during session C of summer quarter. For more information, please visit https://cewm.med.ucla.edu/summer-course/
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