New TCM cures for killer diseases
By Cui Haipei | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-06 08:03
Beijing will spend 60 million yuan in three years to encourage traditional Chinese hospitals and doctors to treat 10 ailments, including AIDS, diabetes and heart attacks.
The project called "10 diseases 10 drugs", aims at providing residents with safe and cheap Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies for the 10 most harmful diseases within five to 10 years.
The 10 diseases are vascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, spinal disease, arthritis, hepatitis, avian influenza, cancer, depression and AIDS.
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