While progress has been made in both the research and practice of Chinese medicine of ethnic minorities in recent years, their future development still faces challenge, said Wang Guoqiang, director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATC). (more…)
Archive for the ‘China’ Category
Medicine of Ethnic Minorities Faces Challenge
Friday, December 21st, 2007Chinese Medicine Boosts Immunity in HIV Patients
Thursday, December 13th, 2007June 27, 2004 is National HIV Testing Day. Though HIV has no known cure, acupuncture has been proven a safe and effective means of relief to many of the disease’s symptoms. (more…)
Acupuncture Without Needles?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007In my last blog entry, I talked about acupuncture as a medically and scientifically sound intervention for achy muscles, bones, and joints. I have found acupuncture to be useful for many of my patients with a wide variety of musculoskeletal ailments.We do not understand the exact mechanism that allows acupuncture to have its positive effects. It appears that the needles stimulate sensory receptors or nerve endings near the skin, and these nerves send signals to nerves in the area and also more centrally in the brain resulting in a feedback loop, with messages being sent back to the original site being stimulated.
Chinese medicine gains support in TaiWan
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007BIOTECHNOLOGY: The health department has paved the way to allow some hospitals to be used for clinical trials of locally developed Chinese herbal remedies
By Chuang Chi-ting
STAFF REPORTER
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2001, Page 2
To advance biotechnology in Taiwan, the Department of Health yesterday officially certified seven hospitals to operate as the nation’s first centers for clinical experimentation in Chinese medicine. (more…)
China legalizes apprenticeships for traditional Chinese medicine
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s traditional medicine authorities on Wednesday legalized apprenticeships for training doctors as an alternative to medical schools.