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EDUCATION

IMU

(INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
MALAYSIA)

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) IN
CHINESE MEDICINE & CHINESE MEDICINE

DEGREE FROM PARTNER UNIVERSITIES



A Bachelor of Science in Chinese Medicine

takes 4 and half years to complete a degree

from IMU while a Chinese Medicine Degree

from Partner Universities takes 5 years to Picture of IMU building, taken from the
complete. website:


https://studymalaysia.com/where/profile.php
MASTER OF SCIENCE ?code=imu

ACUPUNCTURE (MSC International Medical University or better known as
ACUPUNCTURE) (IMU) has been the first and most well-known private

university for more than 30 years in Malaysia. IMU is

A Master of Science in located in 126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, Kuala
Acupuncture takes 2 and half Lumpur 57000, federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The
years until 5 years to complete university is based on medicine and health sciences
the study for part-time students. specifically in health care education and has an
international reputation. IMU was established in 1992

by offering all types of conventional and

complementary medicine under one roof.

In addition, IMU offers higher education standards at the pre-

university, undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuous
professional development levels in healthcare. In undergraduate 51
studies, the IMU University offers two local tracks: IMU Degree and the
International Partner University Degree. IMU offers acupuncture as
part of its Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
As a result, the course offered in Chinese Medicine for graduates
can pursue are Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Chinese Medicine and
Master of Science Acupuncture (MSc Acupuncture). Furthermore, the
programme is exclusively taught in English and MSc Acupuncture
can do as a part-time program because it is designed for working
professionals.

EDUCATION

MSU

(MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY)

Picture of MSU building, taken from the website: Students interested in this course
https://www.easyuni.my/en/malaysia/manageme will be exposed to the practice of
modern and traditional Chinese
nt-science-university-msu-218/ medicine as well as be able to
practice traditional Chinese
Management Science University (MSU) is a private medicine in healthcare. The
university located in Shah Alam, Selangor. It is an instructors of this course are
institution that has played an important role in experienced TCM practitioners and
professional education for more than three decades experts in the industry.
in Malaysia.

MSU was established in 2001 as the University College
of Technology and Management Malaysia before
officially becoming a full-fledged university to the
University of Management and Science in October
2007.

The university has offered more than 150 courses

that not only focus on science and management.

One of the courses offered in the field of Traditional

Chinese Medicine is the Diploma in Traditional The benefit of this course is that
Chinese Medicine. students will better understand

Chinese medicine which can be applied

in their daily lives.

A diploma in Traditional Chinese

Medicines takes 3 years to complete the

study and will have future job

opportunities such as assistant TCM

Practitioner.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO ENTER VISIT: 52
WEBSITE - https://www.easyuni.my/en/malaysia/management-

science-university-msu-218/

EDUCATION

Southern University College (UC) offers a southern uc
Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (Hons)
programme to students who wish to pursue (SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE)
studies in Chinese medicine.
This programme is an opportunity for
students interested in Traditional Chinese
medicine and herbs.

The history of the programme offered at UC Southern University College (UC) is a
is after several years of intensive planning Malaysian university located in
from the Bachelor of Traditional Chinese Skudai, Johor Bahru. UC is the first
Medicine 3 + 2 to the Bachelor of Traditional non-profit private university college
Chinese Medicine (Hons). The programme with seven faculties, three schools, six
provides graduates with 4 years of research institutions, and seven
conceptual study of TCM in Malaysia and 1 academic centers.
year of training in Malaysia and China. It was founded in 1975 to give
A Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (Hons) educational opportunities for Sijil
programme takes 5 years to complete the Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) graduates
study suitable for full-time students. who are unable to pursue their
studies at a higher level in a foreign
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO ENTER VISIT: nation.
WEBSITE - The board of directors of this
educational institution which is Foon
https://www.southern.edu.my/FCM/en/department/cmedicine/btcm.html Yew applied to the Ministry of
Education to establish Foon Yew
College due to the Foon Yew Further
Study Programme. After his efforts
and patience, Foon Yew’s Board of
Directors received approval from the
Ministry of Education, and Southern
College was founded in 1990. During
22 years of management, the
Ministry of Higher Education
approved Southern College’s
upgrading to Southern University
College. Seow Wan Heong, a
philanthropist, donated around 25
acres of land to Southern University.

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ENTREPRENEUR'S BIODATA
NAME : NOOR LAILA BINTI HASHIM
AGE : 55 YEARS OLD
FROM : KELANTAN

ENTREPRENEUR

EXPLORATION

We had interview the owner of Homeopathy and Acupuncture Dr. Nik Omar
named Noor Laila bt. Hashim from Kelantan. Based on the interview, Puan
Laila or who wants to be known as ‘’mama’’ (two from left) of Homeopathy
and Acupuncture Dr. Nik Omar branch said she has opened this branch
since 2018 and located in Pasir Tumboh, Kelantan. She said, she has tried an
acupuncture therapy for many years before she decided to helps other with
this therapy too. Her experience in this therapy is this treatment is very good
and relieves the aching pain that is present in our body. She also said she
feels noting while doing this treatment and very calming. She know about
acupuncture by reading books and from other people too.

She also doing acupuncture because By : SITI ZULAIKHA 13 MAY 2022 | INTERVIEW
loves to help people to relieve their pain
and wants them to stay healthy. She also Interviewer
said that she just do her job by helping
people, and the rest is up to Allah SWT. 54
Even though she has do this treatment
for many years, she doesn't feel bored at
all but because this is her main source of
incomer. She's very happy if the patient
that her treat healed and was in good
health. She also said, once we do
acupuncture, we need to at 2 or 3 times
per week to in order to improve our
condition.

TCM Entrepreneur Exploration

LPnai.lNa oor


By Siti Zulaikha

The medicine that she supply is Other than do acupuncture, she also do cupping

safe to consume because it is therapy and suggest many people to do cupping

made from organic herbs and therapy. From her opinion, the cupping therapy is

affordable price. The side effect is very effective in order to release pain, stress and for

based on people's anti body, some healing purpose.

people has no side effect and

some of them only minor side It is highly recommended for those who

effect. wants to get rid dirty dirty blood from our

Since 2018, she has received a customers body. Doing cupping also helps us to
from other state in Malaysia such as Perak clean our body internally and externally.
and Terengganu. She very recommended The age limit for those who wants to do
this treatment for those who wants to relieve cupping therapy is from 6 years until 60
a pain in their body and also as an initiative years based on people body’s
for a married couple that want to have a conditions.

kids.

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CURRENT
ISSUES

THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK HAS
AFFECTED ALL OVER THE WORLD

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses The first case about covid-19 which
that infect mammals and birds and was initially reported on December 31,
cause sickness. Coronaviruses cause 2019 in Wuhan, China. To establish
infections of the respiratory tract in COVID-19 herd immunity safely, a
humans that can vary from moderate to large proportion of a community
fatal. In Wuhan, China, the first SARS- would need to be vaccinated,
CoV-2 illnesses were detected. The reducing the amount of virus that
source of viral transmission to humans, may spread across the population.
as well as whether the virus became Numerous steps have been done to
harmful before or after the spillover address the problem of covid-19, and
event, are unknown. many parties are now working to find
a solution.

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CURRENT ISSUES

Is it a good match? In terms of disease "However, for COVID-19 patients, herbal
substances and traditional methods
diagnosis and treatment, should only be used to complete the
recovery process, not as a disease-
complementary medicine is a specific treatment." In fact, the Ministry
of Health (MOH) revealed that
complete medicine that combines specialist doctors from China have
recommended the use of herbs and
several modern and traditional acupuncture treatments for Covid-19.
However, Director-General of Health, Dr
treatments based on natural ways. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said the
proposal was not as a treatment but
The study is based on a holistic as a complement to the cure of the
infection, and that there is currently no
approach, which includes physical, treatment for Covid-19, but what they
suggest, such as the use of
mental, emotional, and spiritual acupuncture and herbs, may speed up
the recovery process. As a result, Dr
factors. In terms of language, it derives Lim Sunway Healtcare Group believes
that the T&CM treatment utilised to
from the English word "complimentary," treat COVID-19 patients in China can
also be used to treat COVID-19
which means "well blended to make a patients in Malaysia. The world has
been ravaged by an illness known as
whole that is balanced and covid-19 disease since 2019. Many
countries have been affected by the
complementary," excluding surgery disease, including Malaysia, China, the
United States, and others. This disease
and stitching on the human body, as has a high rate of transmission. This is
because anyone who is infected can
well as the use of medications and die as a result of the infection. Sore
throat, cough, fever, headache, and
chemical synthetic materials. loss of appetite are just a few of the
symptoms of a covid infection.
Traditional Chinese medicine is

recommended by COVID-19

physicians in China as part of the

treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Traditional medicine and Chinese

medicine, as previously noted, are not

treatments. The World Health

Organization's (WHO) Traditional

Medicine Strategy 2014-2023, T&CM's

Contribution to Health, acknowledges

that there is a growing demand for

practitioners in the discipline around

the world. Furthermore, according to Dr

Lim Ren Jye, Director of Sunway TCM

Center, people who use T&CM as a

supplemental therapy and traditional

medicine in various nations are due to

the effect of culture and history. This is

due to the fact that it is one of their

primary providers of health care.

According to him, about a third of

Malaysians living in urban areas seek

assistance from T&CM practitioners to

treat their illnesses because some of

them are experiencing negative side

effects from western medicine.

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To combat the sickness, the The national pharmaceutical regulatory
government has taken a number of division, medical research institutions, and
steps. As a result, China has other organisations are among those
advocated using traditional Chinese interested in learning more about the
medication to treat covid-19. This may method for controlling covid-19 that
be demonstrated in the Hubei combines modern medication and
province of China, where 95 percent of traditional Chinese medicine (PTC). In
covid-infected patients have been addition, on April 24, 2020, the Ministry of
treated after using a combination of Health Malaysia sponsored a Facebook live
traditional Chinese medicine and discussion with physicians from Guangdong
modern medicine. The Malaysian Province, China. During the meeting's
Ministry of Health in the division of discussion, it was discovered that the usage
traditional and complementary of PTC to overcome covid is particularly
medicine has held a virtual meeting important in China.
with the agencies of the Ministry of
Health Malaysia to find out in detail
about the strategy of practicing
modern medicine and traditional
Chinese medicine (PTC) to control
covid-19. Jinhua Qinggan-related
information, Lianhua Qingwen Capsule,
and Xuebijing injection are among the
three components given by Chinese
traditional healers for covid therapy.
Vaccines that were previously utilised
in the treatment of patients with
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) in 2003 and Middle Eastern
Coronary Syndrome (MERS-COV) in
2012 are also used to combat this
covid disease. However, it is only useful
for a limited number of covid patients.

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This is because the National Administration
of Traditional Chinese Medicine's (NATCM)
Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Novel
Coronavirus Pneumonia Guidelines formula
contains forbidden components that are not
allowed to be incorporated in traditional
medicine, such as pharmaceuticals. The
Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH) and drug
control authorities did not approve this topic.
Dr. Li Jun, the Chief Physician of TCM Internal
Medicine from the Guangdong Province
medical expert team, also stated that
traditional Chinese medicine is employed in
all cases of covid patient treatment during
the session. It is recommended for people
with mild to moderate degrees of pain and
for those who are recovering. They use a
blend of modern medical treatment and
traditional medicine for serious or critical
patients. This is seen when traditional
medical therapies can lower the number of
individuals who require respiratory help.

The use of PTC in the management of covid- As a result of the large number of persons
19, on the other hand, is dependent on the infected with covid in Malaysia, a movement
legislation in place in a country as well as party was formed to interfere in the
one's health-care practices. Furthermore, the management of Covid-19, lead by Datuk
Malaysian healthcare system is still in its Dr.Dominic Lau Hoe Chai, national president
infancy when it comes to integrating PT&K of the Malaysian People's Movement Party.
and contemporary medicine. This is reported The party also urged that Malaysia adopt
to be due to the fact that managing PTC traditional Chinese medicine, such as herbs
from China poses a number of issues for and acupuncture, to aid in the treatment of
managing covid-19 in Malaysia. Although cancer patients. The goal of this concept is
PTC management can help to lessen the to acquire disease control immunity in a
problem of covid-19, it is not available in short amount of time. Physicians and
Malaysia. scientists are, as is widely known, racing
against the clock to develop a vaccine for
covid-19 illness. They use herbs and a
combination of complementary treatments
to determine the best vaccination to treat
covid sufferers, among other things.

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