(Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) Hong Kong, China and the west, how do Chinese medicine go to "major"?

2017-12-03 source: xinhuanet

Hong Kong, Dec. 3 (xinhua) -- "more and more people in Hong Kong have seen traditional Chinese medicine in recent years. In a TCM clinic in the upper ring of Hong Kong, Dr. Lin zhenand, a Chinese physician, described the changes he had witnessed in his practice for more than a decade.

In Hong Kong, a cultural gathering of the east and the west, traditional Chinese medicine has been used for a long time, and drinking cold tea and cooking soup are examples. Locals recall that in the 1980s and 1990s, many Chinese medicine stores had Chinese doctors in their clinics. Most of these shops are on the street, while the other side of the shop is the counter of the medicine. On the other side, there is a unique view of the elderly and the elderly.

Lin zhenand said: "before seeing traditional Chinese medicine in the elderly, or patients feel that their disease western medicine can't handle, they go to the traditional Chinese medicine. Now many young people, including college students, go to traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition to the younger age, people who see traditional Chinese medicine are becoming more and more "professional". On the one hand, more and more people with higher levels of knowledge and professional background are looking at traditional Chinese medicine, such as lawyers, accountants and therapists. On the other hand, the patient's understanding of traditional Chinese medicine has deepened. Unlike most patients who have received the doctor's orders in the past, many patients will interact with Chinese doctors and actively participate in the treatment process.

Lin zhenand believes that the "professionalization" of the patient has encouraged the Chinese doctors to improve their professional level and objectively promote the overall progress of the Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine industry. And in the eyes of the dean of the university of Hong Kong's college of Chinese medicine, the growing formal and professional training of Chinese medicine practitioners is also an important step forward in the development of Chinese medicine.

Labor line said, formal Chinese medicine personnel training starts late in Hong Kong, Hong Kong's return to the motherland after began to have a formal training undergraduate college of traditional Chinese medicine, but the Hong Kong institute of formal Chinese medicine from scratch progress quickly, within a few years have 3 local college courses in the full-time bachelor's degree of traditional Chinese medicine, according to the fixed number of recruit students every year.

According to the Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine management committee, Hong Kong society has been paying more and more attention to the development of Chinese medicine in the 1980s. Following the establishment of the hksar, the hksar government set out on its own policy of developing traditional Chinese medicine in accordance with the basic law. In 1999, the draft of the Chinese medicine ordinance was submitted to the legislative council and passed, which basically established the statutory framework of Hong Kong's traditional Chinese medicine regulation. In accordance with this law, the Chinese medicine management committee established in the same year, responsible for the regulation of TCM registration, assessment, continuing education, discipline and other matters. Today, there are more than 7,000 registered Chinese doctors.

Wang huimin, President of the Hong Kong academy of traditional Chinese medicine, told reporters that Hong Kong's traditional Chinese medicine has developed rapidly in recent years and its citizens have become increasingly receptive. "Currently, one in four patients will choose to see traditional Chinese medicine, and that proportion is rising." Under the rapid development trend of TCM, Hong Kong has not only strict regulation of registered Chinese doctors, but also the continuing education. "Unlike the mainland Chinese traditional Chinese medicine division, Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine is divided into general, orthopedic and acupuncture. General practitioners must see a variety of diseases and use a variety of treatments. This is more comprehensive and requires further study. As long as the practice of Chinese medic in Hong Kong is to continue to take credit, it is a lifelong learning.

Referring to the characteristics of Chinese medicine teaching in Hong Kong, the labor bank believes that it is mainly embodied in the communication between China and the west. On the one hand, the Hong Kong institute of Chinese medicine is senior professors from the mainland, and provide students with a variety of internship opportunities to the mainland exchanges, also with the advantages of Hong Kong education with international practice, the introduction of other countries to promote the successful experience of western medicine outside replacement therapy and advanced teaching methods, teaching on the mainland is for reference.

, on the other hand, the Hong Kong institute of Chinese medicine in the undergraduate course is focus on academic exchange of Chinese and western medicine, traditional Chinese and western common class, students have the opportunity to complete the homework, to enhance mutual understanding.

Lin zhenand admitted that western medicine is still mainstream in Hong Kong, but the mutual trust and cooperation between doctors and patients is very important. "All trades and exchanges are bound to bring progress", in the case of some cases of his handling, the strengthening of interaction and cooperation between Chinese and western doctors can benefit patients and even the overall medical system.

Not only in the practitioner level, but also the collaboration of Chinese and western medicine is the direction that the government and medical regulatory departments of the Hong Kong SAR are pushing forward. According to the SAR government for food and health, the regulatory system of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, on the basis of gradually perfect, the government began to examine the future development of Chinese medicine need to actively, so was founded in 2013 by the Chinese medicine development committee composed of representatives of related sectors, provide Suggestions for the government. Under the recommendation of this committee, the hospital authority of Hong Kong began to carry out the treatment of Chinese and western medicine in public hospitals.

The hksar government and regulatory authorities have promoted the collaboration between Chinese and western medicine, aiming to accumulate operational management experience for the opening of TCM hospitals. In her first policy address released in October, the chief executive of the SAR, Carrie lam, said the SAR government was actively preparing to establish the first TCM hospital in Hong Kong.

This traditional Chinese medicine hospital is highly anticipated. Wang said the industry hopes the hospital will address the health needs of the public while providing internship opportunities for TCM students in Hong Kong to improve their clinical capabilities.

Labor also said that the government supports the establishment of Chinese hospitals, and several universities have begun training programs, which are important for the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine in Hong Kong. It can be said that Hong Kong is in the golden moment of TCM development.