本世纪中医国际化发展的趋势及思考

国际化已成为本世纪中医药发展的大趋势。各国对中医、针灸陆续立法是大趋势的显著标志,而其他趋势和思考为:中医药理论、剂型、临床等方面的改革;中医药针灸标准化的进程;重视保护中医药针灸原创性的知识产权;中医海外兵团的崛起与优势整合;海外中医针灸教育的改革及与大陆中医院校的互补和交流;作为中医针灸发源地及正在崛起的中国,应担负起历史的负责,顺应发展的趋势,主动引领历史发展的潮流。

Tendency and thinking about developing in internationalizing of TCM in this century

Internationalizing has become the important tendency of the development of TCM in this century. Establishing legislation and giving legal status one after another to acupuncture and TCM in many countries is the obvious index of this improvement. Along with the trend are the issues like, the reform in the theory of TCM, herbal formulas, and clinical study; proceeding standardization in TCM and acupuncture; the attention for intellectual property protection; setting up and perfecting the frameworks that have brought the practice of TCM overseas; the reform of overseas education in acupuncture and TCM, and its exchange with China''s local educational institutes; China as the cradle of acupuncture and TCM should carry forward the historical responsibility in the development of internationalization.