Nov. 10: No Harm to Endangered Species used in TCM at USF

[Guest guest]

EVENT: Healing Without Harm: Traditional & Endangered Species

in Asia

DATE: 11/10/09 (Tues.)

TIME: 5:45 PM

PLACE: Fromm Hall, USF Main Campus, Enter off Parker between Golden Gate &

Fulton

For over 3000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has brought health and healing

to millions of people throughout Asia. Today, TCM is enjoying a surge of

popularity in the US also as people seek answers to health questions that elude

western practitioners. While the increasing worldwide respect for and use of TCM

is laudable, there is also a tragic consequence: the decimation of a wide

ranging and growing number of animal species whose parts are used in traditional

medicine. In fact, seven of the world's eight species of bear have seen their

numbers reduced as a result of the demand for their body parts. Yet for the

highly endangered Asiatic Black Bear, whose story is perhaps the most tragic,

there is a ray of hope in the form of a unique partnership between the Chinese

Government and Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong based charity.

Join Jill Robinson and Lixin Huang for a fascinating look at the use of

endangered species products in traditional medicine. Robinson and Huang have

formed a unique partnership aimed at providing TCM practitioners and users

world-wide with information regarding alternatives to endangered species

ingredients in traditional medicine.

Jill Robinson, founder of the Animals Asia Foundation, was awarded the MBE

(Order of the British Empire Award) by the Queen of England for her work on

behalf of animals throughout Asia. She has been profiled by CNN, National

Geographic, Animal Planet and the BBC for her ground-breaking programs in

conservation and animal welfare.

Lixin Huang, President of American College of Traditional

(ACTCM) and President of Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental

Medicine (CCAOM) in US, is active at the national and international level to

promote healthy people and a healthy planet by protecting endangered species.

Her work is highly respected and recognized by the Chinese community, TCM

education and professional community and by the conservation community in both

US and China.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Reservations recommended; call (415) 422-6828.

Co-presented by USF Center for the Pacific Rim and cosponsored by the Chinese

Historical Society of America, Endangered Species International, Forum for

American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES), the Institute for Holistic Health

Studies at San Francisco State University and Volunteers in Asia.

http://www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/events/index.html