Paradigm Evolution of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and its Application in International Community - Abstract
Objective: This paper aims to explore the definition, historical development, category and international application of TCM to help the world understand the TCM better.
Method: The research searched the database of CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), web of WHO and the textbook related with TCM by the keywords such as ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine’, ‘Traditional Medicine’, ‘history’, ‘utilization’, ‘classification’, and analyzed the material and made a conclusion.
Result: The term of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was named after the People’s Republic of China was set up; The four famous works built up the fundamental of theory and ideology of medicine in China, which are ‘Huang Di Nei Jing’, ‘Nan Jing’, ‘Shen Nong Bai Cao Jing’ and ‘Shang Han Zai Bing Lun’; The paper classified TCM into two different ways, one is based on the theory difference, the other is based on the life cycle of disease; TCM is well accepted by the world with its effectiveness.
Conclusion: TCM is an important tradition in China with the increasing demand in the world, it is an umbrella covering kinds of therapies. But the term of TCM is still not clear enough, which requires more research on it to make the world have a better understand.