Accurate Treatment Through Modern Tongue Diagnosis: A Milestone in Global Health Services
The second World Conference on Traditional Medicine organized by the World Health Organization is currently taking place in New Delhi, the capital of India. The conference, which runs until tomorrow, has selected 21 experts from among 1,175 applicants worldwide to present their successful practices and future plans. Experts conclude that new possibilities can open up in healthcare if modern medicine is integrated with safe, evidence-based traditional treatment systems.
A traditional medicine team from the Himalayan region is also participating in the conference. The 21 selected experts are referred to as “H–21,” and their contributions are recognized as “Health and Heritage Innovations.” In this context, Dr. Hong Chuan Yin, a Chinese-origin physician working in London, presented on the topic of “Modern Tongue Diagnosis Methods.”
Dr. Yin claimed that by examining the tongue through digital photographs, it is possible to identify most diseases and conduct an overall assessment of a person’s health. Based on a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern science, this method is low-cost, simple, and accessible to all. He expressed confidence that it would be particularly useful in low-resource countries and communities, drawing significant attention from participants.
According to him, disease identification and treatment planning are possible through a holographic tongue chart and multidimensional principles that analyze the relationship between the tongue and various organs of the body. He has already trained thousands of healthcare workers worldwide and has outlined future plans to introduce automated technologies for faster and more convenient health screening.
In this context, presented here are the main excerpts from an interview conducted in New Delhi with Dr. Yin by Rajendra Rimal from Kathmandu.
Dr. Yin, what inspired you to develop the Modern Tongue Diagnostics (MTD) system, and how does it differ from traditional TCM tongue diagnosis?
Two main things inspired me to develop MTD:
- The lack of accessible, holistic, and low-cost diagnostic tools.
- The subjective variation in diagnosis and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The tongue diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine does not integrate with biological holographic theory, and does not include my discoveries. Modern tongue diagnostics is more precise and accurate, and gives a more complete picture of the patient's health, compared to TCM tongue diagnosis.
MTD is low cost. As more practitioners are trained in MTD, they can more accurately diagnose and prescribe treatments without relying so much on expensive diagnostic instruments.
What steps have been taken to scientifically validate MTD, and how do you ensure accuracy and reliability in diagnosing complex conditions?
In terms of scientific validation, currently we only have clinical case studies which we use to evaluate the effectiveness of MTD. We have tens of thousands of case studies which show the effectiveness of MTD. For the next step we can do some statistical analysis of the data that we already have. To ensure accuracy and reliability in diagnosing complex conditions: as we treat patients based on MTD diagnosis in the TCM paradigm, the complexity of the condition from a conventional medicine perspective is not necessarily related to how we see the condition from a TCM perspective.
How can MTD be integrated with conventional medical practices, and what challenges have you faced in bridging traditional and modern medicine?
MTD sees the tongue as a reflection of the entire body. When a disease develops, the condition will have a corresponding reflection on the tongue. Regardless of whether you are in a conventional medicine paradigm or TCM paradigm, MTD will give hints on where in the patient's body to focus on for further examination. Challenges on bridging traditional and modern medicine: many modern medical practitioners lack an open mind.
I think you mentioned plans to develop an AI-based tongue diagnostic system. What are your goals for this technology, and how do you envision it changing global healthcare?
Once the AI-based MTD system has been developed, it will greatly elevate the accuracy of diagnosis and correctness of prescription of TCM practitioners. Remote locations currently often lack practitioners that have been trained in MTD. They will be able to use the AI-based MTD system to perform accurate diagnosis and prescribe effective treatment.
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