Seminar honors centenary of Chinese medical expert

Guo Weiqin, daughter of Guo Shikui, makes a speech during the seminar marking the 100th birthday of Guo Shikui at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, June 27, 2015. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Guo Weiqin, 75, daughter of Guo Shikui and now a chief expert in treating cardiovascular disease in the country, became a successor of her father's medical thoughts and inherited the traditional method of blood-activating and stasis-dissolving in treating coronary heart disease patients.

She recalled her father's experiences in curing illness and stories with patients, calling on TCM practitioners to learn medical ethics and devotion from Guo and to blaze new trails in TCM research and treatments.

Wang Biqin, a third generation successor of Guo's medical thoughts, said TCM pharmaceutics are not so well-known currently as some TCM therapies including acupuncture and massage that are recognized worldwide. Guo's medical science cultivated the remote area of Chinese traditional patent medicines, which is a path that we should follow to explore and develop Chinese medicine and make it more accessible and acceptable to westerners.