Out of traditional Chinese medicine: good to grind

Time: 2016-12-13

Source: People's Daily overseas edition

Author: Lu Zehua

In recent years, as many people in the eyes of the world "mysterious forces", has become the topic of traditional Chinese medicine. The invention of the "artemisinin, saved the lives of millions of people around the world at the same time, also won the Nobel Prize. Rio Olympics, Phelps, cupping, also lit worldwide boom in TCM.

However, after thousands of years long history of traditional Chinese medicine and medical practice, still let doubts as to many people abroad, also shows in the way of internationalization, Chinese medicine has many snag needs to move beyond.

To the uneven and overseas

As people health concepts updates, nature of traditional Chinese medicine, not disease prevention first health concept is more and more people to accept. It is understood that in 2015, Chinese herbal medicine gross industrial output value reached 786.6 billion yuan, accounting for almost one-third the whole pharmaceutical industry scale. If involved in traditional Chinese medicine "big health industry" to measure, the output value is above 1 trillion yuan, it means that the huge market potential.

Wall, the wall will be natural fragrance. Nowadays, overseas trend accelerated promotion of traditional Chinese medicine. At present, the traditional Chinese medicine spread all over 183 countries and regions, establish overseas Chinese medicine center for 10, cause of traditional Chinese medicine has become China's cultural exchanges with countries around the world, the important content to promote mutual learning among civilizations of east and west. The world health organization (who) statistics show that the 103 member states approved use of acupuncture and moxibustion, of which 29 set up the laws and regulations of traditional medicine, 18 acupuncture should be brought into the medical insurance system.

However, the rapid spread of the relative to the traditional Chinese medicine culture, to break through the traditional Chinese medicine trade. Customs statistics show that Chinese traditional medicine trade for $2.28 billion in the first half of this year, fell 6.3%. Among them, the exports of $1.75 billion, fell 9.0%. As a condensed the main value of the proprietary Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, in the first half of the exports of just $99.691 million, down 27.4% year-on-year. This means that as China of the birthplace of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine industry chain in the world, is still in the relatively low-end position.

Into the mainstream will take time

Compared with the western medicine "band-aid, becoming", attach more importance to the whole of traditional Chinese medicine, emphasis on physical and mental collaborative relationships, and highlight the "cure not ill". Such concepts of medical and health care, while meeting the needs of modern people, but because of the medicine and the difference of the way, let the foreign social population growth slower to acceptance of TCM, its market potential has not been able to also released in full.

Have learned, at present, in the UK, France and other European and American countries, although has set up a batch of TCM clinic, but still is given priority to with acupuncture and moxibustion, massage, massage therapy, Chinese medicine sales is less, and more confined to the Chinese people to use. Why traditional Chinese medicine have been unable to enter the mainstream medical system abroad, won the trust of the local people?

This has to do with foreign current medical management and standard system. Today, western medical system lacks specialized research and practice of Chinese medicine basis, also did not form system for registered Chinese medicine practitioners, drug quality certification system and standard system, and can only continue to use the old way of western medicine pharmacopoeia management to manage the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), resulting in a number of long-term use in China, the safety of traditional Chinese medicine can not enter the European and American mainstream.

In Australia, for example, according to Beijing tongrentang Ma Anyang Australian company general manager said that due to regulatory measures did not take care to the actual situation of Chinese medicine tongren temple, palace bezoar bolus, slice seed Huang representative varieties of traditional Chinese medicines such as curative effect is distinct, because of composition and safety reasons, are not allowed to import to Australia.

Still need to move beyond all "level"

In recent years, under the support of relevant state departments, as a national "name card" of Chinese medicine, is speeding up promotion abroad. Initiative of the east wind all the way with the help of "area", the Chinese government has built 10 support overseas Chinese medicine center, build a batch of oriented along the "area" national base for international exchanges and cooperation.

However, under the background of national support, successfully realize the internationalization of Chinese medicine, also needs the efforts of the industry itself, of traditional Chinese medicine to take over the hurdles.

Industrial upgrading is to the world of traditional Chinese medicine must move beyond a "snag". "' Internet + 'model to reconstruct the whole industry chain development of traditional Chinese medicine." Engineering institute, dalian university of technology system chong-hui guo believes that traditional Chinese medicine and electric business platform, large data, such as advanced technology, help to the Chinese medicine industry to develop in the direction of scale, standardization and normalization.

Traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine in China academy of sciences, zhang bl, it seems, wants to lead the world, the most important is to establish a set of international standards of traditional Chinese medicine. The concept of "Chinese medicine keeping in good health, though several one thousand years of history, but in the aspect of establishing standards, research mechanism of not be enough." Traditional Chinese medicine, said zhang bl once international standards established, the security effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine will be recognized all over the world.

It is understood that the development of international standards for TCM is speeding up present a good situation, at present, the international organization for standardization (ISO) has been set up technical committee (TC249) of traditional Chinese medicine, and has promulgated the acupuncture needle, etc, on the basis of several international standards, are making 47 bill standards, international standards such as scrapping plans to enact next year.

, of course, in the process of international standards, Chinese medicine industry still faces many obstacles, "the biggest difficulty lies in the differences in cultural background, such as the standard of TCM" pulse ", how to develop the remains to be discussed at present, in addition, the language barrier is also a factor in standards." Said zhang bl.