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EPISODE · Feb 12, 2021 · 16 MIN

The Asian Americans Reclaiming Traditional Medicine in the Bay

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Traditional Chinese Medicine has a complicated history in the Bay. In the 70s, a Chinese immigrant in Palo Alto named Miriam Lee was arrested and put on trial for practicing acupuncture — even though she learned it from a master in her hometown in China. Today, Traditional Chinese Medicine is still often exoticized or dismissed. But now, some Asian Americans in the Bay Area are reconnecting with these practices — and building new communities in the process. Guest: Cathy Erway, food writer and host of the podcast Self Evident: Asian America's Stories Read Cathy's piece about this in the San Francisco Chronicle here. Episode transcript here: http://bit.ly/3tQXSxD We're taking a break on Monday, Feb. 15th. Talk to you on Wednesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traditional Chinese Medicine has a complicated history in the Bay. In the 70s, a Chinese immigrant in Palo Alto named Miriam Lee was arrested and put on trial for practicing acupuncture — even though she learned it from a master in her hometown in China. Today, Traditional Chinese Medicine is still often exoticized or dismissed. But now, some Asian Americans in the Bay Area are reconnecting with these practices — and building new communities in the process. Guest: Cathy Erway, food writer and host of the podcast Self Evident: Asian America's Stories Read Cathy's piece about this in the San Francisco Chronicle here. Episode transcript here: http://bit.ly/3tQXSxD We're taking a break on Monday, Feb. 15th. Talk to you on Wednesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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