Ancient Wisdom on Predicting a Pandemic

Chinese medicine and traditional knowledge offer insight into the cause of terrible events

chinese medicine has long viewed winter’s chill as key to limiting disease outbreaks. the mild winter we are just finishing bodes ill for the end of coVID-19 by this view ViewStock/Shutterstock

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is far more profound than just the techniques of applying herbal formulas and acupuncture that most people are familiar with.

Dr. Shu Rong, a TCM expert living in Cambridge, England, recently shared her experience of treating a COVID-19 patient remotely, and how the outbreak and trend of a pandemic can be predicted based on an age-old theory.