Children of Beslan Treated with TCM

Some survivors of the Beslan terrorist massacre are being treated with TCM on Hainan, China's southern resort island. No details on treatment protocols...

"After medical examinations, we found that most of the children still suffered serious mental trauma and they are even afraid of talking to strangers," said Liu Dexi, president of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Sanya.

A group of armed militants took more than 1,000 students, teachers and parents hostage in a school on the first day of the new semester. The crisis killed 335 people, including 186 children, and injured more than 600.

A total of 10 medical experts from the People's Hospital of Hainan and Liu's hospital are studying the best recuperative and treatment plans for these 10 children together with their Russian counterparts.

A group of doctors including Liu were dispatched to Russia's Beslan by China's Ministry of Health last month to help diagnose and treat the injured children. With a recommendation from the Russian side, the Chinese health authority chose 10 children for free treatment for one month in China.

"Children are urgently in need for psychological treatment instead of physical injuries as the hostage crisis have brought them more mental suffering than physical pain," Liu said in an interview with China Daily.

"As a result, traditional therapies, such as massage, acupuncture and ointments might play a major role for sooner recovering," said Liu.

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