Expertise at Chang Gung System

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 :
  • Traditional Chinese medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Immunology
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Fulltime Employment:
  1. Professor and a Physician Scientist in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.l
  2. Associate Professor in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University.
  3. Chief of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Keelung from 2006 to 2012.
Education:
  • 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:
  1. Lin YK, et al. Clinical vehicle-controlled trial using indigo naturalis. Archives of Dermatology 2008, 144(11): 1457-1464.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Lin YK, et al. Indigo naturalis upregulates claudin-1 expression in human keratinocytes and psoriatic lesions. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2013, 145:614-620.
  5. 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.
Full Publications List

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