A taste of traditional Chinese medicine in Athens

The Shanghai Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Municipality of Maroussi launched a joint exhibition of traditional Chinese medicine and health culture in northern Athens on Friday.

The exhibition, supported by the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, offers visitors at the Hellenic Ceramics Center (207 Kifissias Avenue) insight into the world of Chinese medicine. With a history dating back millennia, Chinese medicine is very different to its Western counterpart in that it focuses on the body's vital energy (chi) too.

To familiarize the Greek public with the forms and history of traditional Chinese medicine, the exhibition - that runs until Tuesday - has four main themes: Chinese medicine and the theory of acupuncture, exercise, food, and environmental health.

Maroussi Mayor Giorgos Patoulis said the exhibition "opens new roads for...