2018Chinese Medicine and CultureOpen access

Through a Century: Traditional Chinese Medicine Since 1912

Jianping Zhu

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Since 1912, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) went through the stages of the struggle, foundation, and growth. The all-round developing TCM is academically progressing and promoted worldwide. Characteristics of the centennial development of TCM have cultural relevance, policy pertinency, mutual supplement between Chinese and western medicine and TCM is treatment directed by pattern diagnosis. Researches show that the historical inevitable development of TCM will benefit the people for generations to come when taken as a national strategy.

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Since 1912, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) went through the stages of the struggle, foundation, and growth. The all-round developing TCM is academically progressing and promoted worldwide. Characteristics of the centennial development of TCM have cultural relevance, policy pertinency, mutual supplement between Chinese and western medicine and TCM is treatment directed by pattern diagnosis. Researches show that the historical inevitable development of TCM will benefit the people for generations to come when taken as a national strategy.

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Since 1912, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) went through the stages of the struggle, foundation, and growth. The all-round developing TCM is academically progressing and promoted worldwide. Characteristics of the centennial development of TCM have cultural relevance, policy pertinency, mutual supplement between Chinese and western medicine and TCM is treatment directed by pattern diagnosis. Researches show that the historical inevitable development of TCM will benefit the people for generations to come when taken as a national strategy.

Key concepts: Centennial, Traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, Traditional medicine, Relevance (law), Foundation (evidence), Alternative medicine, Medicine

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