Press Release
HKBU donates Chinese Medicine Influenza Prevention Remedy to elderly homes and families receiving CSSA
Monday, 02 Mar 2020
In response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) continues to introduce new initiatives to strengthen our citizen's immunity against viral infection.
Influenza Prevention Remedy for elders and families receiving CSSA
With the support of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, SCM gave away the HKBU Chinese Medicine Influenza Prevention Remedy in February to residents of elderly care homes and families receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA), benefitting around 2,500 people in total.
Ingredients in the HKBU Chinese Medicine Influenza Prevention Remedy include pilose asiabell root, American ginseng, honeysuckle flower, weeping forsythia capsule, chicken gizzard skin, fineleaf schizonepeta herb, mild mint herb, white mulberry root-bark, fortune eupatorium herb, Indian bread, dyer's woad root and liquorice root.
Free online Chinese medicine video enquiry service
In addition, the Hong Kong Baptist University ‒ Jockey Club Chinese Medicine Disease Prevention and Health Management Centre, which falls under the Clinical Division of SCM, has launched a free online video service to help the general public make Chinese medicine health enquiries.
After arranging a telephone appointment (tel: 3793 3428) with lecturers from the Centre, the public can use Zoom, an online video conferencing app, to enquire about Chinese medicine health information during a 10-minute appointment. Topics of enquiry include areas such as health information, health protection tips and common Chinese medicine knowledge.
The enquiry service aims to provide useful information to the public for reference purposes, but it is not equivalent to an online diagnosis, prescription or treatment direction for patients.
The Centre has also recently launched the "Doctor's mailbox" online platform. From now until 31 August, the general public can submit their questions on different health issues on the platform once they have registered as a member. SCM lecturers will reply with text messages.
