Experts: Big potential for use of traditional Chinese medicine in US
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Updated: 2018-11-30 08:46
Traditional Chinese medicine has huge potential to become part of the mainstream health service in the United States especially in areas where Western medicine reaches its limitation, said several TCM experts, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The existing Western medical therapies have difficulty in solving many medical problems, while TCM has been proven effective in treating diseases in its long history of practice in China, Xu Jianguang, president of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine told Xinhua in an earlier interview.
The development of TCM shall be guided by traditional theories and more standardization work should be done, said Chen Yemeng, president of New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
There are nearly 40,000 acupuncture practitioners in 47 US states. The New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine carries out teaching clinics at multiple sites and regular lectures, which helps promote people's awareness of TCM, according to Chen.
TCM is based on holistic view of human body and disease, which always sees the big picture and proves useful in treating chronic diseases and helping aged people in particular, Xinhua reported.
Traditional Chinese medicine has huge potential to become part of the mainstream health service in the United States especially in areas where Western medicine reaches its limitation, said several TCM experts, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The existing Western medical therapies have difficulty in solving many medical problems, while TCM has been proven effective in treating diseases in its long history of practice in China, Xu Jianguang, president of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine told Xinhua in an earlier interview.
The development of TCM shall be guided by traditional theories and more standardization work should be done, said Chen Yemeng, president of New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
There are nearly 40,000 acupuncture practitioners in 47 US states. The New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine carries out teaching clinics at multiple sites and regular lectures, which helps promote people's awareness of TCM, according to Chen.
TCM is based on holistic view of human body and disease, which always sees the big picture and proves useful in treating chronic diseases and helping aged people in particular, Xinhua reported.
