Education
Learning the language of a medical tradition.
A lifelong engagement with the theories, texts and clinical methods of Chinese medicine.
Profile
A life in practice, teaching and advocacy.
Charles Buck has spent more than four decades exploring how a traditional medicine can remain rigorous, responsive and alive.
Charles Buck
At some time in life, we are likely to need healthcare choices beyond drugs and surgery. Charles’s work is grounded in making serious, trustworthy Chinese medicine easier to understand—and in supporting the standards that make that trust possible.
Teaching
Making difficult ideas usable.
As a lecturer and external examiner, Charles has worked with generations of students and practitioners.
Advocacy
Building trust through professional standards.
As a former Chair of the British Acupuncture Council, Charles has contributed to the public conversation around training, regulation and safe care.
Science
Curious, critical and open.
Charles is interested in where different knowledge systems illuminate one another—and where honest uncertainty remains.