Symposium 3: Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine in Neurological Disorders & Rehabilitation Medicine

Symposium 3: Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine in Neurological Disorders & Rehabilitation Medicine

Date: 12 July 2025, Sunday | Time: 1545 - 1730 | Venue: The NAK Auditorium, Academia 

Co-Chairs: Dr Deidre Ann De Silva (NNI-SingHealth) & TCMP WONG Ying Xin (ACMS)

TOPIC 1:

Update in the use of Acupuncture for Stroke Recovery

Speaker: Dr & Acupuncturist KONG Keng He (TTSH)

A significant number of stroke survivors seek acupuncture to facilitate recovery after a stroke.. Yet the role of acupuncture within evidence-based practice remains debated.  This update reviews current clinical and mechanistic evidence regarding acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy in post-stroke recovery.  Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggest that when combined with rehabilitation, acupuncture may confer modest improvements in motor recovery and activities of daily living compared with rehabilitation alone.  Emerging neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies propose mechanisms including modulation of cortical excitability, enhancement of neuroplasticity and regulation of cerebral blood flow.  However heterogeneity in acupuncture protocols, variability in sham controls, small sample size and methodological limitations  reduce overall certainty of evidence to low-to-moderate quality in many analyses. Questions on optimal timing, dosing and patient selection remain.

TOPIC 2:

Chinese Herbal Medicine in Epilepsy Care

Speaker: TCMP NG Hui Ping (SCHMI)

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TOPIC 3:

Tuina Therapy for Insomnia

Speaker: Dr (TCM) LAM Man Sze (CGH & ACMS)

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TOPIC 4:

Acupuncture and TCM Exercises for Mild Cognitive Impairment

Speaker: TCMP HO Chin Ee

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