Torris, a Mexican correspondent for the Beijing Olympic Games, was lying comfortably on the massage bed and talking with the therapist. And when the therapist told her about the symptoms she had, she was astonished, “How miraculous! Without any medical equipment, how can you tell that I have been suffering from cervical spondylosis and recurrent dizziness?”

On the morning of August 19, nearly 100 Olympic correspondents and friends from around the world gathered at the Beijing Yushengtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum to enjoy the “feast of traditional Chinese medicine”, which included Chinese pulse-feeling diagnosis, Chinese massage, lecture on the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, Taichi (also called shadow boxing) performance, fine cultural relics related to traditional Chinese medicine, etc.

“Does the huge NBA star Shaquille O'Neal need to lose some weight?” asked an eager female journalist. “No. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, only those with a fat belly need to do so,” replied Professor Wang Qi with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine who began the lecture by answering questions of great interest to the female journalists.

The shadow boxing performance played by over 2,000 actors at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games stunned the whole world. And accompanying the performance is the comment of Taichi Chart and Traditional Chinese Medicine by Prof. Zhang Qicheng with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

With the basics of traditional Chinese medicine learned at the lecture, the journalists were guided into the pavilion exhibiting cultural relics related to traditional Chinese medicine, where they didn't hesitate a moment to carefully shoot all the treasured articles like the ceramic medicine grinder of the Shang Dynasty, the medicine can with black glaze of the Song Dynasty, the stone statue of Shen Long (the legendary founding father of traditional Chinese medicine) of the Ming Dynasty, etc. while following the commentator.

Charles Paulson with Sydney TV Station thumbed up and exclaimed, “Look at the wonderful creations of your ancestors, no wonder Chinese medicine is still so popular!” And what interested him most were the Human Body Acupuncture Chart and the “Iron-fan-shaped” hat woven with frosted mulberry leaves. “The Chart can best embody Chinese wisdom in that it uses willow, water, fire and other natural objects to indicate the internal organs of the human body. And the hat can help relieve rheumatism and pyrexia, how I wish to have one like that…”gasped Paulson in admiration.

“Amazing”, “fabulous”, “unique”… these were the words coming from the mouths of the visiting foreign friends.

The comprehensive engagement of traditional Chinese medicine in the medical services for the Beijing Olympic Games made history in the centennial modern Olympic movement. During the Games, there were 263 Chinese medicine volunteers and 35 comprehensive clinics at the Olympic venues and the Olympic Village, offering acupuncture, Chinese massage, psychological counseling and other medical services for all participating sports delegations.