Cupping therapy is red, Chinese medicine won?

Jun-ping wang

05:13 August 19, 2016

Source: People's Daily - the People's Daily

The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine without borders, technology have belonging. To the world of traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to strive for international voice, build a "firewall", branded "Chinese seal", let the treasure of traditional Chinese medicine name forever "in"

In Rio DE janeiro Olympic Games, the famous American swimmer Michael Phelps of the "Chinese seal" conspicuous. He explained the beauty of cupping: "before the game I feel a little sore was pulled out the first time, I have never been so black print, mark appears in the most severe pain in my place."

In addition to Phelps, sports like cupping "fans". The United States, for example, gymnastics athletes du, a swimmer coughlin, belarus swimmer moraceae, are all cupping lovers. Many of the athletes of the Olympic Games in Rio DE janeiro to show the mark after the cupping, pale or dark red, in the back, in the arm, on the forehead, is particularly captivating.

Cupping therapy is concerned, is not an accident. Phelps, for example, he won the Olympic gold medal total of 23, this can enjoy the world's most advanced medical technology, it happened that cupping let him to stop, because of its irreplaceable effect. Besides cupping therapy, acupuncture, massage and other traditional Chinese medicine therapy has become an important means of global sports exercise rehabilitation. Despite gap between eastern and western cultures, but magical curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine. According to the latest statistics, traditional Chinese medicine has spread to 183 countries and regions.

China folk have a saying: "gua sha, cupping, disease to half. However, common for Chinese to traditional Chinese medicine therapy, abroad to accept a little difficult. TCM cupping therapy is popular, but different voice from online. Someone says, cupping therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is neither original, nor a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine first, cupping and QiHuang pull not half dime relation. Everyone knows the skills of traditional Chinese medicine, was unprovoked "desinification", is in distress situation. In this sense, although the cupping therapy is popular the Rio Olympics, but it's hard to say of traditional Chinese medicine won the game.

As is known to all, Chinese medicine acupuncture has long been known as the "China card", the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization in its list of "human intangible cultural heritage representative work list". So firmly on the cover of the "Chinese seal" stunt, also have a real nameless embarrassment. In recent years, the United States there is a known as simple acupuncture needle "dry", "variation" is, in fact, acupuncture. "Dry" needle and Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion, reflects the western acupuncture development appeared the tendency of "go to the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine", namely "ghost medical needle".

Tu said after winning the Nobel Prize, "artemisinin is a traditional Chinese medicine the gift to the people of the world." Indeed, Chinese medicine is unique to original knowledge system in our country, there is a huge economic benefit and the social value. But for a long time, due to the lack of effective development and protection of traditional Chinese medicine, by countries as a "free lunch", scrambling and free development.

In recent years, China's huge loss of Chinese traditional medicine recipe, trademark abroad have been taken, including some old name such as "wang ji" "pill", etc. According to statistics, China has more than 900 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was first to apply for patent for foreign companies. Made in Japan "kyushin pills" is "nightfall pill" on the basis of development in our country, with annual sales of hundreds of millions of dollars. International agency head alizarin cupping therapy association, said Mr McLean, Rio DE janeiro Olympic Games after a few days, cupping therapy equipment purchases increased by 20%, to get a cupping certificate 50% increase in the number of therapists. Chinese medicine is now developed countries "cash cow", "ancestor's baby" become a somebody else a bowl of "fat", shouldn't wake up?

Chinese medicine without borders, technology have belonging. Chinese medicine is the treasure of the Chinese nation, is also the country's wealth. Chinese traditional medicine go abroad to go sailing, cannot lose international voice, must adopt the corresponding international standard, use legal means to protect intellectual property rights, build a "firewall", branded "Chinese seal", let the treasure of traditional Chinese medicine name is "in" forever.

The People's Daily (August 19, 2016, 19)