About us

Traditional East Asian Medicine

Traditional East Asian Medicine is a general term for qi [氣] based therapies that have their origin in East Asia.

The Stichting (Foundation) for the Study of Traditional East Asian Medicine (STEAM) is dedicated to the study and investigation of Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) practices, such as:

Acupuncture [鍼]

Moxibustion [灸] and related practices

Herbal medicine traditions, such as that of traditional Chinese medicine (zhongyao [中 藥 ]) and Kampo [漢方],

Massage traditions, such as Tuina [推拿], Anma [按摩], Shiatsu [指圧]

and Self-development traditions such as Taijiquan [太極 拳 ], Qigong [氣功 ] from Asia and in recent decades, the West.