Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with you

2017-09-04 03:41:46 source: People's Daily overseas edition (Beijing)

      In the past few days, the Italian overseas Chinese community has been busy, and the Chinese have gathered together to consult the experts of traditional Chinese medicine. After a few "look, smell, ask, cut", Chinese medicine experts have prescribed a prescription for the disease of the overseas Chinese, and the overseas Chinese are also full of praise for the expert's excellent medical skill. Traditional Chinese medicine is no longer "exclusive" to China and is moving overseas.

      "TCM fever" sweeps the world

      On August 27, according to local media reports, the overseas organization together with the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine "in traditional Chinese medicine care group" yizhen activities into Rome, Italy, by Beijing famous doctors to provide free clinic service for local overseas Chinese, and to communicate with local Chinese medicine industry. Qiu yuping, director of the state affairs office of the state, said that the Chinese government was continuing to innovate the implementation of the TCM care plan to better benefit overseas Chinese.

      The "care of Chinese medicine" is one of the eight projects under the state council's overseas Chinese project, which aims to serve overseas Chinese, benefit the public and promote traditional Chinese medicine. Since the plan implementation, care abroad, in all corners of the world, with national Chinese professional associations of traditional Chinese medicine jointly held a variety of colorful cultural exchanges, everywhere a shares in the "patient-centered".

      According to reports, at present, Chinese medicine has spread to 183 countries and regions in the world, products and services of traditional Chinese medicine has spread all over the world in more than 170 countries, and some countries included in the health care system. There are close to 100,000 TCM medical institutions overseas. China has signed 83 cooperation agreements with foreign governments and relevant international organizations. The world (except China) has more than 500,000 Chinese traditional Chinese medicine staff and over 1,500 Chinese medicine teaching institutions. This series of figures is sufficient to illustrate the strength and achievements of Chinese medicine abroad.

      It can be said that traditional Chinese medicine is no longer "hereditary" in China's exclusive wealth, but is a treasure of inclusive and inclusive world.

      Overseas Chinese enjoy welfare

      Once, overseas want to see traditional Chinese medicine, can only resort to local folk medicine organization. In southeast Asia, many overseas Chinese are organizing medical institutions to serve the diaspora. The earliest Chinese hospital was the tongji medical association, founded in 1867 by seven business leaders in Singapore, and later renamed Singapore tongji hospital. But such institutions are rare abroad.

      In recent years, Chinese medicine culture spread abroad, overseas Chinese and the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine and other relevant departments organized many activities outside of traditional Chinese medicine culture, makes TCM service abroad is no longer a distant hope.

      Among them, the "care plan of TCM" aims at promoting the influence of traditional Chinese medicine on overseas Chinese by hosting overseas Chinese medicine clinics and health seminars. In 2015, the state administration of Chinese medicine signed the strategic cooperation agreement on promoting the overseas Chinese overseas Chinese overseas Chinese overseas Chinese program with the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine. The first TCM expert visiting mission went to Belgium, Angola, Mauritius and other places to bring health consultation and consultation activities to local Chinese.

      "This year I went to the United States and Japan, in yizhen activities such as consulting and explain at the local, for local medical staff for the special training of TCM acupuncture and operation demonstration, together with the professional knowledge of communication." Professor Yang jinsheng, director of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, told the newspaper in an interview. He is an expert on"overseas care mission" and has been to many countries. He also said that the group was not only popular among overseas Chinese, but also received the approval and praise from many local people.

      Young Chinese perennial life in Japan Huang Limin said in an interview with the financial times, to coincide with the relevant strategy for China to spread the culture of TCM, many Chinese have a trade have fashion and joined the army doctor of traditional Chinese medicine industry, set up some acupuncture clinic, provide service for overseas Chinese. "For example, Chinese people living in Japan will go to the traditional Chinese medicine hall for acupuncture treatment and relieve the pain if they have a sore back." "Huang said.

      As a traditional Chinese heritage, traditional Chinese medicine has been passed down from one generation to another, and has enriched the culture of China. Traditional Chinese medicine itself is a treasure widely recognized by the international medical community, and the transnational communication of Chinese medicine culture has satisfied the vital needs of the overseas Chinese.

      Opportunities and challenges coexist

      Any transnational communication or cross-cultural communication can be difficult. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is no exception, and its development overseas is not without difficulties.

      As one of the carriers of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine faces no small obstacles in cross-border transportation. According to the world journal reported that foreign immigrants with proprietary Chinese medicine through us customs need to be careful, are likely to be as drugs confiscated and punishment, light can not enter the United States, or even in prison.

      The U.S. customs and border protection agency has said drugs made abroad must not be brought into the United States. Any animal ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, such as tiger bone wine, bear bile powder, bird's nest, poison pill bezoar solution belongs to the contraband, passengers carrying regardless of any drug to declare at the customs, and shall not take any chances.

      Under the background of modern western medicine health system, overseas Chinese traditional Chinese medicine, though popular with overseas Chinese and local people, is inevitably subject to various constraints. The cognitive differences brought by cultural differences have become a "obstacle" in the international communication of TCM culture.

      "It is very important for overseas Chinese to understand the culture of Chinese medicine first and then influence others around them," said Yang. Through the spread of Chinese medicine culture to promote Chinese culture, it is more conducive to the spread of Chinese culture. The overseas Chinese are the bearer of Chinese culture, as well as the practitioners and communicators.

      Opportunities and challenges coexist, and the overseas spread of traditional Chinese medicine has a long way to go. All the way "borrow" area of dongfeng, the internationalization of Chinese medicine standing at a new historical node, overseas Chinese and overseas have been transmitted power of traditional Chinese medicine, a vivid and powerful interpretation of the story.