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Traditional Medicine 2016
September 14-16, 2016
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September 14-16, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
6th International Conference and Exhibition on
Traditional & Alternative Medicine
Integrating TCM and allopathic medicine for global health care
Hwee-Ling Koh
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Integrative medicine is a patient-centered, holistic approach which makes use of all appropriate therapeutic modalities, harnesses the
body’s innate healing ability, and emphasizes prevention and wellness. It is informed by evidence and varied in practice. In this talk,
an overviewof the concepts of integrativemedicine andChineseMedicine will be presented.With aging population, sedentary lifestyle,
physical and psychological stresses from everyday life and work, increasing prevalence of communicable and non-communicable
diseases (e.g. metabolic diseases) and increasing healthcare costs, it is timely to explore how integrating Complementary Medicine
(including Chinese Medicine) and allopathic medicine can help an individual as well as the larger community strive towards safe,
effective, affordable, accessible and comprehensive care for health promotion, disease prevention and treatment. Some of the key
challenges will be discussed and recommendations to address the challenges will be presented.
Biography
Hwee-Ling Koh is an Associate Professor and obtained a BSc (Pharmacy) (Hons) and MSc (Pharmacy) from the National University of Singapore, as well as a PhD
from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). She is a registered Pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmacy Council. Her research areas include TCM, quality
control and safety of botanicals and drug discovery from medicinal plants. She is a technical/expert assessor with the Singapore Accreditation Council-Singapore
Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS) and serves on various committees: Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) Advisory Committee on Evaluation
of Health Claims; Complementary Health Products Advisory Committee (Health Sciences Authority, Singapore); United States Pharmacopoeia Expert Panels:
Adulteration of Dietary Supplements with Drugs and Drug Analogs Expert Panel, and Herbal Medicine Compendium, East Asia Expert Panel. She has published
3 books, namely, “A guide to medicinal plants: an illustrated, scientific and medicinal approach”, “Ginseng and ginseng products 101- what are you buying?” and
“Medicinal plants and malaria: applications, trends and prospects”.
Hwee-Ling Koh, J Tradi Med Clin Natur 2016, 5:2 (Suppl)