Patients wait at a clinic held by Tomas Alcocer Gonzalez in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 25, 2017. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been growing in popularity in Latin America in recent years, especially in Mexico. Tomas Alcocer Gonzalez first saw acupuncture treatment during his internship in a small community in the southeastern state of Campeche after he graduated from Mexico's National Autonomous University in 1980, and immediately became fascinated with the healing technique that has thousands of years of history. After finishing his undergraduate courses on traditional medicine in China, he continued postgraduate studies in acupuncture before he returned to Mexico and opened his clinic. Meanwhile, Alcocer, who also teaches traditional Chinese medicine in Mexico, has taken on the laborious work of translating Huang Di Nei Jing, literally the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, which dates back to more than 2,200 years ago and is considered the definitive work on traditional Chinese medicine. (Xinhua/Xu Rui)
