Eastern China Herbal Medicine Study Tour 2027 - Shanghai

Experience Chinese herbal medicine from source to clinic Join Dr Simon Feeney, Zoey Gong and the Empirical Health team for a professionally curated 10-day journey through Shanghai, Haining, Hangzhou and Bozhou. Designed for Chinese medicine practitioners, students and herbal professionals, the tour offers firsthand access to Chinese medicine hospitals, clinical observations, museums and traditional pharmacies. Planned experiences also include a hospital internship and pharmacy workshop, a tea-farm visit, an herbal granule company, Bozhou’s herbal medicine trade centre, a TCM manufacturing facility and medicinal-plant farms. Together, these experiences trace Chinese medicinal materials from cultivation and trade through processing, pharmacy practice and clinical application. This is an educational immersion offering professional insight, meaningful access and connection beyond what can be experienced in a classroom.