China's top health commission has decided to extend the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the nation's basic health care system and provide massage and acupuncture guidance to the elderly and children.
Innovative excursions allow visitors to Beijing to mix traditional Chinese medical therapy with conventional sightseeing.
Moxibustion, a type of traditional Chinese medicine therapy, is becoming fashionable but much more needs to be done to maintain its popularity and improve the quality of moxibustion products, experts said at a Beijing forum in September.
China's drug watchdog has acted to regulate the 17 markets of traditional Chinese medicine ingredients (TCM) and banned the opening of new markets.
Over 3,000 species of medicinal plants have been studied during the on-going herb resource survey in Tibet from May to the end of September, 2013, among which there are over 90 national key and over 50 unique herb species.
For Tarek Hassanein, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, it took a long time to learn and finally to pronounce "fuzhenghuayu (FZHY)". That's the Chinese name of a patented Chinese drug that treats liver fibrosis, the scarring process of the liver from injuries and diseases.
A database specializing in Tibetan medicine will be built by 2015 as Tibet Autonomous Region's health sector becomes more digitized, the region's culture authorities announced on Wednesday.
Shells of turtles which died of "natural causes" must not be used in traditional Chinese medicine, China's food and drug watchdog said Wednesday.
Headquartered in a traditional courtyard in downtown Beijing, Tongrentang (TRT), a pharmaceutical giant with a history of more than 300 years, is increasing its international reach with its legacy products: traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
With its 20 year anniversary next month, Malta's centre for traditional Chinese medicine is enjoying increasing popularity, as an alternative medicine in Europe.
A health official said that Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will take a bigger role in medical reform as TCM has advantage in prevention and health care.
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