TCM takes root in Germany

Traditional Chinese medicine saved the life of Anton Staudinger's father in the 1980s - so the German decided that more of his compatriots should benefit from it.

Staudinger opened a TCM clinic at Bad Kotztine, a small town of 75,00 people, 17 years ago.

Now it has grown into a hospital, the first and only government-endorsed in the country, with 21 doctors taking care of hundreds of patients from across the country and Europe each year, said Staudinger, its general manager.