President of the Chinese academy of Chinese medical sciences: it is recommended to promote acupuncture as a national first-class discipline

March 14, 2018 thepaper.cn

"Acupuncture and moxibustion plays an important role in disease treatment and rehabilitation, but also has become an international social widespread technical characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine therapy, into more than 180 countries and regions of medical and health system, strongly promote 'area' initiative to implement all the way."

Surging news (www.thepaper.cn) from the first session of the thirteenth National People's Congress (NPC) news center learned that China's traditional Chinese medicine academy of sciences, such as zhang bl five representative to the conference of the National People's Congress proposed a "about" ascension acupuncture for national level disciplines, strengthen scientific research "advice" (hereinafter referred to as "recommendations").

According to the proposal, the first-level disciplines in the field of traditional Chinese medicine include Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese and western medicine, and Chinese medicine. Acupuncture also belongs to the secondary discipline of TCM, which has been restricting the development of acupuncture and moxibustion science, cannot adapt to the requirement of health of China construction, is unfavorable to go global and play a leading role of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, it is imperative to promote the study of acupuncture and moxibustion.

The recommendations cited a set of data suggesting that acupuncture has become a representative of the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and one of the fastest growing disciplines in clinical practice. According to the statistics of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, more than 30 million outpatients received acupuncture in 2016, growing at a rate of 6 percent a year.

According to the suggestion, the irreplaceable role of acupuncture as a representative of non-drug therapy is often covered up and neglected due to the restriction of academic status. Under the grand strategy of the frontier of medical and health, acupuncture has become an indispensable means for health care, treatment and prevention. Enhancing the status of the subject, strengthening the timely use of acupuncture and moxibustion, releasing the huge potential of acupuncture and moxibustion will make a unique contribution to healthy China.

The proposal also refers to the intense international challenge and competition, as well as accelerating the construction of Chinese acupuncture. To improve the status of acupuncture and moxibustion, strengthen the scientific research and personnel training of acupuncture and moxibustion, enhance the soft power of international competition, and keep our country in the international domination and leading position.

The proposal further points out that it has a solid foundation to upgrade the discipline of acupuncture. Sponsored by the Chinese government at present, acupuncture education of the university has more than 40, each university of Chinese medicine has set up a school of acupuncture and moxibustion or related to acupuncture as the main body of the acupuncture and moxibustion institute, organizational system, independent and formed from the specialized subject and undergraduate course to graduate student's complete education training system.

Therefore, it is suggested that the ministry of education should elevate the acupuncture subject to a first-level discipline as soon as possible to meet the needs of the rapid development of acupuncture and the construction of "healthy China". It is recommended that the ministry of science and technology and relevant departments promptly organize the international acupuncture and moxibustion program of "my master with" to ensure the leading and leading position of the acupuncture country. It is recommended that the national standardization administration and relevant departments increase their input, strengthen the support for the development of acupuncture and moxibustion international and domestic standards, and lead the international development with standards.