Acupuncture in the United States is popular

LiShengHua Hospital of gansu province

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Recently, the human resources in gansu province and social security hall is the leading organization medical talents visit the United States delegation, for the American medical education, scientific research, management and the development of TCM acupuncture on the study, the author to as one of the delegation during the three weeks of study, there is quite a harvest, now will the United States study TCM acupuncture knowledge sharing as follows.

        More than 30000 acupuncture doctors to practice medicine

        In the United States, practicing medicine acupuncture must pass legislation, through the legislation of the earliest in Nevada. At present had 45 states by acupuncture legislation. The acupuncture doctors have more than 30000 people, California is in 1975 through the legislation. The state about more than 14000 acupuncture doctors, is the most states, followed by San Francisco and New York. In the practice of acupuncture and moxibustion early, the recognition of China's first with western medicine and modern medicine in practicing doctors' certificate doctor. Three years after the medical rules can apply for the acupuncture license, traditional Chinese medicine degree after workers also allowed to apply to acupuncture license, experience after period of time, or traditional Chinese medicine found professionally-trained worker doctor acupuncture treatment effect is better, are more patient welcome, it has become the mainstream of American acupuncture practice.

        Now, the U.S. government has recognized China several famous university of traditional Chinese medicine of degree, such as Beijing university of Chinese medicine, Shanghai university of TCM, nanjing university of traditional Chinese medicine, guangzhou university of traditional Chinese medicine, etc.

        Acupuncture training school physician

        Acupuncture professional engineer license from the test should be admitted to the company, most American states have acupuncture exam company, the test two days, every day from 9 to 5 PM. Test paper content including medical basic and clinical aspects of knowledge. Entry fee of $550, the examination fee of $450, for a total of $1000. The United States has many acupuncture school, most of them for South Korea had started, followed by Chinese people, once again, is American, in California, acupuncture school there will more than 20. Applicants must have social security number, namely long-term residence permit or green card, stylistic limit in the Chinese, HanWenHe English three.

        Acupuncture into the health-care system

        At present, the acupuncture has entered the American medical insurance system, more and more get the American public recognition, about half of the white accept acupuncture treatment. Inductrial injury, will also be included in the scope of acupuncture treatment (the United States, only seven kinds of professional regulation doctor can cure inductrial injury). Diagnosis and treatment of unity and the acupuncture charge, the treatment of a 40-130 dollars, acupuncture doctors are in the clinic practice, a doctor sees a day 10 to 20 a patient.

        Traditional Chinese medicine according to the food marketing buy

        America's scientific research institution currently on the mechanism of the effect of the acupuncture and moxibustion, such as acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture therapy for chronic arthritis, take double-blind test method, it is concluded that the alternative western medicine and effect of the faster conclusion. In the United States, Chinese herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine according to food imports, in the supermarket shelves will have a variety of traditional Chinese medicine, can be arbitrarily choose and buy, according to specifications taking.