Lin, Yin-Ku ,M.D.,Ph.D.
Intitution:Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital / Chang Gung University
Position: Professor/ Physician Scientist
Department: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Address: No.222, Maijin Rd., Anle Dist.,Keelung City 20401, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-2-24313131 EXT. 2127
E-mail: lin1266@adm.cgmh.org.tw
Focus of Interest :
Fulltime Employment:
Selected Main Publications:
Board Certification:
1) Chinese Medicine License No.: 006171, April 1998
2) Chinese Physician License No.: 028759, November 1998
3) Specialty of Internal Medicine License No.: 005948, December 2001
4) Member, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine
5) Member, The Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
6) Member, Keelung Chinese Medicine Association Board
Intitution:Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital / Chang Gung University
Position: Professor/ Physician Scientist
Department: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Address: No.222, Maijin Rd., Anle Dist.,Keelung City 20401, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-2-24313131 EXT. 2127
E-mail: lin1266@adm.cgmh.org.tw
Focus of Interest :
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Dermatology
- Immunology
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Fulltime Employment:
- Professor and a Physician Scientist in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.l
- Associate Professor in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University.
- Chief of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Keelung from 2006 to 2012.
- Ph.D. and Master of Medicine Science from the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences at Chang Gung University.
- MD from China Medical University in Taiwan.
Selected Main Publications:
- Lin YK, et al. Clinical vehicle-controlled trial using indigo naturalis. Archives of Dermatology 2008, 144(11): 1457-1464.
- Lin YK, et al. Anti-psoriatic effects of indigo naturalis on the proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes with indirubin as the active component. Journal of Dermatological Science 2009, 54(3):168-174.
- Lin YK, et al. Comparison of refined and crude indigo naturalis ointment in treating psoriasis: randomized, observer-blind, controlled, intrapatient trial. Archives of Dermatology 2012, 148(3):397-400
- Lin YK, et al. Indigo naturalis upregulates claudin-1 expression in human keratinocytes and psoriatic lesions. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2013, 145:614-620.
- Lin YK, et al. Efficacy and safety of indigo naturalis extract in oil (Lindioil) in treating nail psoriasis: A randomized, observer-blind, vehicle-controlled trial. Phytomedicine 2014, 21(7):1015-20.
Board Certification:
1) Chinese Medicine License No.: 006171, April 1998
2) Chinese Physician License No.: 028759, November 1998
3) Specialty of Internal Medicine License No.: 005948, December 2001
4) Member, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine
5) Member, The Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
6) Member, Keelung Chinese Medicine Association Board