Stick to the essence of TCM to develop TCM acupuncture

The 2017-12-05 xinhua

Beijing, Dec. 5 (xinhua) -- Chinese acupuncture has the characteristics of green, environmental protection and simple operation. "In recent years, China has made great progress in acupuncture and moxibustion, stepping into the fast lane and becoming a vivid portrayal of the rapid development of Chinese medicine." Held on December 1 to 4 of the world federation of acupuncture and moxibustion societies ninth session of the general assembly and the acupuncture academic meeting (2017 academic conference of acupuncture society of China), deputy director of the national health and family planning commission, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine guo-qiang wang said that acupuncture and moxibustion in development at the same time also faced so many difficulties, such as the basic theory of acupuncture and moxibustion, the curative effect mechanism of interpretation also need further, acupuncture also need to further improve the standardization of construction, the service mode of acupuncture need further innovation, etc.

In this regard, wang makes four Suggestions: first, strengthen political dialogue and integrate into the health system. We will build a platform for political dialogue in various fields and in a wide range of areas. We will exchange experience in the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in various countries to accelerate the progress of the national acupuncture and moxibustion process. Second, adhere to the essence of traditional Chinese medicine and innovative academic development. Adhere to the theoretical guidance of the original thinking and technical methods of traditional Chinese medicine, constantly innovate and develop the theory of acupuncture and moxibustion, and innovate and develop TCM acupuncture with modern technological methods. Third, strengthen the standard construction, deepen the standard application. Gather expert wisdom and formulate industry organization standards to provide technical support and standard guidance for the development of acupuncture in the world. Fourth, expand education and provide personnel support. Want to coordinate resources, deepen the education cooperation, to promote China's traditional Chinese medicine colleges and universities actively go out and also to encourage China's traditional school-run good international education, more want to push more relevant institutions in the world for acupuncture and moxibustion education training, training more local acupuncturist to provide a steady stream of people support the development of acupuncture and moxibustion.

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Acupuncture is used by 183 countries in China

As a unique medical category, acupuncture has been moved from private clinics to hospitals and has been widely used in various clinical departments. According to wang, there are more than 500 diseases that acupuncture can treat, and there are more than 80 diseases that can be obviously effective in single acupuncture alone. In recovery of major diseases such as stroke, cancer, activity obstacle, and so on, has become the main means of treatment, acupuncture in promoting patients' recovery, reduce pain in patients with significant curative effect.

"Acupuncture is a great contribution of the Chinese nation to human medicine. At the same time, the acupuncture is also the world's, which not only flourished in China, but also spread to neighboring countries very early. More countries and people understand acupuncture and get health because of acupuncture. Shi xue min, academician of the Chinese academy of engineering, said.

It is reported that TCM acupuncture has become a popular traditional treatment in the world, and it is listed as a representative list of intangible cultural heritage of human beings. At present, 183 countries are using acupuncture, more than 30 countries and regions have established corresponding laws and regulations, and 18 countries and regions have incorporated acupuncture into the health insurance of the country.

Lack of evidence-based evidence is the bottleneck of the development of acupuncture and moxibustion

"Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, and the key is efficacy. However, the development of acupuncture also faces great challenges. World federation of acupuncture and moxibustion societies, Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion, chairman of the association bao-yan liu admitted that the lack of evidence-based evidence is a bottleneck restricting the development of acupuncture and moxibustion, acupuncture and moxibustion theory development is far can not adapt to the needs of the development of the practice of acupuncture and moxibustion medicine no breakthrough results basic scientific problems.

In order to pass on the innovation and develop new situation of acupuncture and moxibustion, generations of acupuncturist have been continuously striving, clinical research has been increasing, and the level of research evidence has been continuously improved. "However, the impact factors of most studies are not high and it is far from sufficient to meet the demand for high quality clinical research evidence, which poses a great challenge to the development of acupuncture." Liu baoyan emphasized that the "cow nose" of acupuncture development today is to produce high quality clinical evidence, and if this is captured, the potential of acupuncture can be fully developed.

, bao-yan liu Suggestions, choose acupuncture has the advantage, and in the process of treatment, the curative effect of modern medicine with poor disease, through the research of the method of scientific system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in this way can make more convincing.

It is reported, in November 1987, with the joint efforts of acupuncture academic organizations in the countries all over the world, under the strong support of the Chinese government, the world federation of acupuncture and moxibustion societies (hereinafter referred to as "the world needle group) was established in Beijing. Today, the world needle federation has gone through 30 years. At this meeting, the election produced the ninth executive committee of the world federation of acupuncture, and liu was elected as the new executive committee chairman.

Academician of China academy of traditional Chinese medicine dean zhang bl in he xin said that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the days, geographical and human opportunities, the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) this precious wealth is good, make good use of to fellow at home and abroad work together, struggle and progress. We hope that the world needle will further promote the prosperity and development of acupuncture and moxibustion in the world, and further make TCM acupuncture benefit human health.

The conference is jointly sponsored by the federation of world acupuncture and moxibustion societies, the Chinese academy of Chinese medical sciences and the world health organization.