Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Demand for a traditional medicine used to treat COVID-19 symptoms is surging, with the illegal Lianhua Qingwen capsules making their way into Australia's Chinese community and onto supermarket shelves. 

Amid growing demand for traditional Chinese medicine, one agricultural region has already spent a decade researching how to cash in on the $130 billion industry.

The world's biggest producer of Indian sandalwood is on track to complete its largest commercial harvest on record in Western Australia's Kimberley region. 

Chinese authorities are warning against the illegal sale on social media platform WeChat of products claiming to be vaccines undergoing phase 3 trials.

Despite being born in Ballarat, fighter pilot Roy Goon was denied entry to Australia's armed forces because he wasn't "substantially European". On the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day, his son reflects on an extraordinary life.

MORNING BRIEFING: A bid to a luxury 61-storey hotel and residential tower at Sydney's Star Casino is rejected by government planners and motorists travelling north on the Pacific Highway are being warned of delays after a serious truck collision.

If you are among the 80 per cent of Australians who use natural medicines and treatments such as naturopathy, yoga and Pilates to improve your health, prepare for a shock.

Footage obtained by Humane Society International investigators shows the slaughter of a donkey at a meat and hide farm in China.

China unveils rules that will allow the use of rhino horn and tiger parts for some medical and cultural purposes, watering down a decades-old ban in a move conservation group WWF said could have "devastating consequences".

Bruiser the koala was so badly injured after a dog attack it was likened to being hit by a car so acupuncture along with other treatments is helping to get him home.

A push to grow an agricultural industry around donkeys has raised some concerns from welfare groups, but there’s increased interest in turning the pest into profit through farming.

Wild donkeys are known as environmental pests in Australia, causing erosion and damaging vegetation, but there is growing interest in turning that pest into a profit.

A landmark Australian study found there was no difference in birth rates in women undergoing IVF who had regular acupuncture compared to those who didn't.

After being diagnosed with osteoarthritis at the age of 44, Georgina Kenyon became frustrated when she discovered no treatments helped with her chronic pain — so she decided to look for her own ways to cope.

Jill and Michael Vella run a deer farm in Victoria's Gippsland. While they sell the venison meat to restaurants, the real money is made in value adding deer products for the Chinese medicine market. Read more

Venison producer Jill Vella, from Koonwarra in Victoria's Gippsland region says there is significant demand for deer antlers, tendons and penises for use in Chinese medicine.

The demand for deer penises and antlers for use in Chinese medicine has helped create significant value adding opportunities for venison farmers.

Daniela Di Toro became a paraplegic aged 13, when a wall collapsed at a school swimming carnival. After worldwide success as a wheelchair tennis player, she’s now switched to para-table tennis and will co-captain the Australian Paralympic team in Rio.

More than half us take supplements or complementary medicines, yet few of us understand how they are regulated for safety or quality. Here are some things you need to know before you buy and use supplements and complementary medicines.

Nick Xenophon Team candidate Damian Carey stands by a paper he wrote suggesting acupuncture in the female genital region could cure infertility.