The regulations of the People's Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine went into effect, and the national regulations on traditional Chinese medicine were promulgated to combat SARS.

Time: 2018-09-28

At the turn of the century, China's reform and opening up ushered in a new stage of development, which also put forward new requirements for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. On the one hand, with the development of modern medicine and science and technology, there is a strong call for the integration of TCM into the modern context and dialogue with other disciplines. On the other hand, China's opening up to the outside world has increased the pace of traditional Chinese medicine to the world's needs more urgent. In this context, in 2003, the regulations of the People's Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine came into effect, and in 2004, the nomenclature of traditional Chinese medicine was promulgated, which became a significant event in this period. In addition, the excellent performance of traditional Chinese medicine during the SARS outbreak in 2003 has led people to re-examine its great value.

(1) in January 1997, the decision of the central committee of the communist party of China and the state council on health reform and development made it clear that "equal emphasis on both traditional Chinese and western medicine" was one of the guidelines for China's health work in the new era.

(2) the regulations of the People's Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine came into effect in October 2003.

(3) in 2004, the Chinese medicine nomenclature was promulgated by the state.

(4) in February 2004, wu yi, vice-premier of the state council and minister of health of the state council, delivered an important speech on efforts to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine at the national conference on the work of traditional Chinese medicine, pointing out that traditional Chinese medicine has made positive contributions to the phased victory against SARS.

(2) historical statement

The regulations of the People's Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine shall be implemented as follows

On April 7, 2003, then premier of the state council wen jiabao signed state council decree no. 374. The regulations of the People's Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine shall come into force on October 1, 2003.

This is China's first special administrative law on traditional Chinese medicine, marking a new stage in China's legal construction of traditional Chinese medicine.

The ordinance consists of 39 general provisions to supplementary provisions, more than 4,000 words. It took 20 years, from 1983, when tung chee-hwa, a deputy to the National People's Congress, proposed a law on traditional Chinese medicine to 2003, when the regulations came into effect.

Over the past 20 years, countless people in the Chinese medical community have drummed and cried for it. In the past 20 years, the Chinese medicine legal system construction has passed on from generation to generation.

In 1978, the third plenary session of the eleventh central committee of the CPC made a major decision to "shift the focus of the party's work to socialist modernization", and proposed that "the socialist legal system must be strengthened" and "laws must be followed, laws must be enforced, law enforcement must be strict, and lawbreaking must be prosecuted".

The modernization of traditional Chinese medicine and the development of legal system also become the meaning of the subject. Document [1978] no. 56 of the central committee of the CPC put forward specific requirements for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Article 21 of the 1982 constitution clearly includes "the development of modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine".

However, the road to legalization of TCM is not smooth.

Since 1983, after several years of repeated research and argumentation, when drafting and soliciting opinions on the law of traditional Chinese medicine, various parties have been more controversial. Later, li peng, then premier of the state council, issued instructions, which were first formulated by the state council and then legislated by the people's congress after the conditions were ripe. In 1986, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine was established. With relatively independent competent authorities, the formulation of regulations has also been carried out vigorously.

In 1995, she jing was appointed deputy director of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, in charge of the legal construction of traditional Chinese medicine. She recalled that many TCM systems had been established by the health department, the administrative department of traditional Chinese medicine and other relevant departments before the regulations were issued, and many provinces and cities had also issued relevant local regulations. However, compared with the growing development demand of traditional Chinese medicine, there is still a certain gap in the legal construction of traditional Chinese medicine. At that time, the actual situation urgently needs a regulation to guarantee the development demand of TCM.

It's the turn of the century. The change of disease spectrum, the change of medical model, the change of health concept and the demand of TCM at home and abroad bring opportunities and challenges to the TCM cause.

At the same time, there are many controversies on traditional Chinese medicine in the society. Wu gang, former deputy director of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, told reporters that "the status and role of traditional Chinese medicine needs to be recognized and the party and state policies need to be fixed through laws and regulations."

However, "the formulation process is complex and tortuous." She recalls that she faced many problems at every step, and the biggest difficulty was the lack of consensus. There is a different understanding at every level, from the public opinion to the relevant government departments and even within the industry. "" there are voices in society to exclude traditional Chinese medicine from the national healthcare system. Relevant administrative departments have different understandings of their respective responsibilities in developing TCM. There is disagreement within the industry about whether the regulation is intended to promote industry development or to strengthen management. SheJing said.

"The biggest disagreement is over whether the purpose of the regulation is to promote the development of the industry or to establish the regulation of the industry." Wu gang said. This is reflected in the change of names of the regulations. She recalled, from "regulations on traditional Chinese medicine" to "regulations on the development of traditional Chinese medicine" to "regulations on traditional Chinese medicine", the name several yi.

The process of research, drafting, soliciting opinions, and then researching and revising continues. "The people responsible for the specific entries came to me to tell me about the ups and downs, sometimes emotional. I always encourage them to keep going and try to build consensus. SheJing said.

A long talk on January 11th 2001 broke the deadlock. "I remember the day very well because it was so important." SheJing said. At that time, she served as vice minister of health and director of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, and talked face to face with Yang jingyu, then director of the legislative affairs office of the state council, for more than two hours and finally reached a consensus.

The core content of the talk is only one. The purpose of the regulation is to protect and support the development of traditional Chinese medicine. At the same time, the standard management of traditional Chinese medicine industry should be strengthened to enhance the competitiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in the domestic market and the international market. The fundamental purpose is to meet the people's increasing demand for services and protect people's health.

This conversation has found a unified understanding and a common basis for the formulation of the regulations.

On April 2, 2003, the third executive meeting of the state council passed the regulations of the People's Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine.

The regulations stipulate a series of measures to inherit, innovate and safeguard traditional Chinese medicine. The administration of traditional Chinese medicine institutions, personnel, and advertising has been strengthened. Clear the responsibilities of each department.

"" after the implementation of the regulations, the development of TCM is no longer just a matter within the TCM industry, but also becomes the responsibility of governments at all levels." " Wu gang said.

In addition, the ordinance adopts the policy of "seeking common ground while reserving differences" on some controversial issues in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, respects reasonable opinions of all parties and encourages diversified exploration.

"For the first time, the regulations established the role of traditional Chinese medicine in safeguarding people's health and promoting economic and social development in the form of special laws. It is not only a great encouragement to the TCM industry, but also of great significance to promote the whole society to care about and support the TCM cause, carry forward the excellent traditional science and culture of the motherland, and promote the TCM to the world. It also provides a basis for the Chinese medicine act. SheJing said.

(3) historical statement

"Traditional Chinese medicine terminology" issued by the state norms: to build a "bridge", communication between the internal and external Chinese and western

Open book of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine noun "card" "disease" and medical noun "sign" can let a lot of beginner baffle, what distinction do these nouns have after all, applicable scope how to define?

After thousands of years of development and evolution, the concept of some terms of traditional Chinese medicine has not only puzzled the academic and publishing circles of traditional Chinese medicine, but also hindered the modernization and foreign exchanges of traditional Chinese medicine.

In 1998, zhu jianping, then deputy director of the Chinese medical history literature institute, detected the problem. "By accident." Zhu jianping said that he was invited by professor feng zhudi of the university of north Carolina to write a textbook on the history of Chinese medicine, but how to translate it became a difficult problem. American standard house, designated in accordance with the published in 1995 "english-chinese chinese-english dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine to translate, but it is an expert in British 廼 jie wei (Nigel Wiseman) personal dictionary, and expert consensus standard is still some distance. "I thought that Chinese medicine is the most distinctive discipline in China, and there should be a standard translation of Chinese medicine, but there is no such thing." This situation makes zhu jianping bitter.

A year later, zhu jianping received a publication sponsored by the national scientific and technological nomenclature review committee. He found that both medicine and pharmacology have corresponding nomenclature review committee, which is specifically responsible for regulating relevant Chinese and English terms. Zhu jianping learned that four years ago, the national science and technology name committee wanted to set up a review committee on Chinese medicine terms, but failed to set up. This time, the two sides hit it off.

In June 2000, with the strong support of wang yongyan, then President of the Chinese academy of traditional Chinese medicine (now known as the Chinese academy of traditional Chinese medicine), the national science and technology name committee issued [2000] 035 "letter agreeing to establish the review committee of Chinese medicine terms". In August 2000, the Chinese medicine nomenclature review committee was established.

It is said that whoever you hate lets go and make up the dictionary. Often to make a entry, zhu and his research team had to look up countless materials at home and abroad, and even make tedious textual research. "It's so bitter, you see a word, an explanation, and you can't even imagine what we're doing. But one generation has a duty, and no matter how hard it is, someone has to do it. Zhu jianping said.

Zhu jianping and his team are encouraged by the professionalism of experts in traditional Chinese medicine. At that time, the average age of the 48 members was over 60 years old. Among them, professor gan zuwang, the oldest, was nearly 90 years old, but they still enjoyed it. "He was very happy when we invited him to be a professor. Zhu jianping recalled.

Zhu jianping still retains a pile of thick materials, is ren jixue with a brush on the entry commentary. Ren, then 75, reviewed the papers before every meeting. Look through a lot of data, carefully annotate, each change opinion will give a good reason and a real source. "" each time his revision opinions are dense and very detailed, which facilitates the verification of our research team." " Zhu jianping said.

After extensive consultation, repeated discussions among experts, and the four-level review process, the first "Chinese medicine nomenclature" came out in 2004. The Chinese name, English name and defining annotation of more than 5,000 nouns are standardized, covering the basic vocabulary of traditional Chinese medicine from basic theory to clinical science. The range of words can be used by a general practitioner or a foreigner to learn Chinese medicine. The standardization USES the glossary method to compile, in order to reflect the Chinese medicine discipline concept system and the glossary system more comprehensively.

With the advent of the information age, the standardization of "Chinese medicine terms" has been playing a prominent role in the communication between Chinese medicine and other disciplines, promoting the integration and common development of Chinese medicine with other disciplines, and also building a "bridge" for the communication between China and foreign countries of Chinese medicine. A former health ministry official, professor mag. Gertrude Kubiena, who runs a local school of traditional Chinese medicine, said excitedly to zhu jianping after seeing the first regulation, "great.

"Forty years of reform and opening-up took us two decades to do this." Now, 15 consultants and members of the first Chinese medicine name and word committee have passed away, and the new force is constantly replenishing. "" we still have a lot of things to do. Now the country is proposing the construction of 'One Belt And One Road', which requires us to translate norms into Arabic, French, Russian and other languages. We are also actively promoting the construction of a multilingual query system for relevant international standards and nomenclature, and bringing the Chinese medicine nomenclature specification to the world. Zhu jianping said.

(4) historical statement

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) fighting against SARS: ordered to establish a TCM emergency response system in the face of crisis

In the spring of 2003, an outbreak shattered the peace of spring. The outbreak of the virus was named "SARS" by who.

In early may, the outbreak was still severe, and the call for Chinese medicine to take part in the treatment of SARS was getting louder. Deng tietao, 87 years old, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, wrote a letter on the central committee to support the intervention of Chinese medicine and wrote academic articles for treatment reference.

On May 11, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) issued a treatment plan for SARS. Beijing then took steps to ensure that all designated hospitals involved in TCM. By mid-may, more than half of the patients had been treated with a combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine, with significant effects, and the outbreak began to be controlled.

On June 8, 2003, three SARS patients in the 12th SARS ward of china-japan friendship hospital ended their isolation, and the medical staff of the hospital set a record for the 16 patients who were discharged from the hospital after several days of rehabilitation.

The 16 SARS patients were admitted by the staff xiaolin treatment group of the then temporary SARS hospital ward director of china-japan friendship hospital. They were treated with traditional Chinese medicine and all cured. The average duration of fever reduction was only 4.5 days.

A month ago, at the zhongnanhai symposium on "famous Chinese medicine in Beijing", wu yi, then vice-premier of the state council, asked the participants a question: how effective would it be to treat SARS with pure Chinese medicine? No one can say for sure. Sitting opposite wu yi, xiao Lin said, "you can try."

Back to the hospital, both xiaolin and shi xiaoping, then head of the medical department of china-japan friendship hospital, volunteered to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat SARS.

Both xiao Lin to resist pressure to lead from the theory of warm disease of TCM treatment group, using since April summed up the "four phase eight side" of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of SARS, at the same time do not use glucocorticoids, antiviral drugs and immune modulators conventional medicine, western medicine before no clear evidence of bacterial infection, not use of antibiotics, curative effect is ideal, have saved the lives of 16 patients successfully.

As the experience of the world's only pure Chinese medicine treatment of SARS, the world health organization affirmed.

During the fight against SARS, gao yongwen, then the director of professional and public affairs of the Hong Kong medical authority, took experts to guangdong hospital of traditional Chinese medicine for in-depth investigation, and invited its medical staff to Hong Kong to help fight SARS. Guangdong hospital of traditional Chinese medicine decided that Yang zhimin, assistant to the President of fang village hospital of guangdong hospital of traditional Chinese medicine at that time, and Lin Lin, director of the great respiratory department of guangdong hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, took the medical team to Hong Kong for assistance. They have made important contributions to the control of SARS in Hong Kong.

Some say SARS brought a revolution of transparency. And deng tietao said that SARS is the fate of traditional Chinese medicine.

This battle turned the traditional Chinese medicine business, which was at a low point at that time, into a turning point. As a result, the Hong Kong region saw the results of "anti-non-traditional Chinese medicine", which broke the history that traditional Chinese medicine could not enter Hong Kong public hospitals. Since then, Hong Kong