Highlights
- Visit the TCM Museum at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Walk through the Baicao Garden and learn about over 400 medicinal herbs
- Enjoy a one-on-one pulse diagnosis and consultation with a licensed TCM doctor
- Get a personalized herbal formula recommendation based on your condition
- Choose a hands-on treatment: cupping, acupuncture, moxibustion, or gua sha
Description
Most people leave Shanghai without ever stepping inside a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. This experience changes that.
You'll spend a half-day at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine — one of Asia's most respected TCM institutions — guided by a local English-speaking host who has personally benefited from Traditional Chinese Medicine over the years and is passionate about sharing her experience with visitors.
The experience begins in the TCM Museum, where you'll walk through centuries of medical history: ancient instruments, herbal specimens, handwritten case records, and the foundational texts that shaped Chinese medicine as it's still practiced today. It's not a tourist attraction — it's an actual university museum, and it shows.
From there, we step outside into the Baicao Garden, a medicinal herb garden on campus with over 400 plant species used in traditional treatments. Your guide will walk you through the most common ones — what they treat, how they're prepared, and which ones you've probably already encountered without knowing it.
The final part is the most personal. You'll sit with a licensed TCM practitioner for a consultation: pulse diagnosis on both wrists, a brief assessment of your body's current balance, and a recommendation of herbal formulas suited to your condition. Then you'll choose one hands-on treatment — cupping, acupuncture, moxibustion, or gua sha — performed by the same practitioner.
This is Traditional Chinese Medicine as it's actually practiced in China, not a tourism product built around it. Groups are kept small — a maximum of three people — so the doctor can give each person proper attention.
Includes
English-speaking local guide for the full experience
TCM Museum entry (¥15 per person)
Guided walk through the Baicao medicinal herb garden
Licensed TCM doctor consultation: pulse diagnosis and wellness assessment
One treatment of your choice: cupping / acupuncture / moxibustion / gua sha
All treatment materials and clinic fees
Bottled water
Excludes
Transport to/from the meeting point (optional private transfer available — select at booking)
Meals
Gratuities
Important: Herbal medicine/prescriptions are not included. If recommended by the doctor, any herbs you choose to purchase are charged separately
Important Information
- The experience is conducted in an authentic university setting, not a tourist-facing commercial clinic
Groups are kept small to ensure genuine attention from the doctor
The guide will interpret throughout the consultation and treatment
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
