 |
 |
 |
The government plays its role
China to train 15,000 TCM backbone cliniciansChina will train and cultivate about 15,000 traditional Chinese medicine clinicians for hospitals at county level by 2015, according to a government plan revealed. |
Govt invested $1b to boost TCM industryThe Chinese government put about 6 billion yuan ($948 million) from central financial budgets toward boosting the development of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry, nearly tripling that of 2010. |
China issues proposal to promote TCM developmentChinese authorities have issued a joint proposal created by 14 government authorities to boost the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an assistant minister from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced at a press conference. |
Companies explore market
A remedy for the US healthcare systemNo longer satisfied with being part of the huge "world factory" of producing only cheap clothing and Christmas decorations, Chinese companies are marching into the United States to tap fields where few predecessors have ever been - such as pharmaceuticals. |
First TCM medicine OK'd for EU marketA Chinese traditional medicine has been authorized for sale in a European market for the first time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. Industry experts said the approval would lead the way for Chinese traditional medicine to enter the mainstream European market. |
Enterprises actively promoting skills in overseas marketsIn addition to government support, traditional Chinese medicine enterprises are also promoting TCM culture and knowledge within the international market. |
TCM spreads
Flying the TCM flagA small German town is home to Europe's flagship clinic for traditional Chinese medicine |
Agreement to boost TCM-western co-opA Declaration of Friendship between the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine was inked in Italy's Bologna to foster future cooperation.In fact, starting a cultural dialogue between the two medicines that have ignored each other for a long time was an "extremely important" achievement, said Sergio Stefoni, dean of the faculty of medicine and surgery of Bologna University which hosted the event. |
Ancient Chinese cures translate into Western medicinesChina's age-old remedies could help the West develop tomorrow's new drugs, thanks to a database released last month.The Chem-TCM is the most comprehensive database of its kind and translates more than 12,000 chemicals from more than 300 Chinese herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) into Western terminology. |
Doctors and patients have their say
Skin deep"After a slim tool was used to repeatedly scrape my skin in one direction, my physician told me many purplish spots appeared on the area involved. "My symptoms were obviously alleviated after undergoing a course of therapy." |
Spot on"My illness seemed to have relapsed, maybe because I wasn't accustomed to the weather in Beijing. My friend suggested I try moxibustion - something I could also consider using at home," the middle-aged Briton says. "I could smell the herbs from the burning cones applied to my trouble spots. My physician told me the aim was to invigorate the circulation of blood." |
Thin as a pinTraditional Chinese medicine treatments, such as acupuncture, offer convenient weight loss options, practitioners claim. |
Opinion
Increase oversight of herbal cures: officialLi Zhenya, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, has called for stronger government supervision over TCM. |
Growth abroad 'may need time'China's supportive policies on the international trade of traditional Chinese medicine care services are unlikely to produce notable progress over a short period of time. |
IPR protection needed for Chinese herbal medicinesThe extraordinary effects of Chinese herbal medicines have fueled foreign interest in launching research projects into the profitable and interesting field. |