Pinyin/Traditional Medicine

Traditional medicine (TM) refers to the knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness. Traditional medicine covers a wide variety of therapies and practices which vary from country to country and region to region. In some countries, it is referred to as "alternative" or "complementary" medicine (CAM).

Traditional medicine has been used for thousands of years with great contributions made by practitioners to human health, particularly as primary health care providers at the community level. TM/CAM has maintained its popularity worldwide. Since the 1990s its use has surged in many developed and developing countries.

chuarntoong yixuer shì zài wéihù jiànkāng yǐjí yùfáng, zhěnduàn, gǎishàn huò zhìliáo shēnxīn jíbìng fāngmiàn shǐyòng de zhǒngzhǒng yǐ bùtóng wénhuà suǒ tèyǒu de lǐlùn, xìnyǎng hé jīngyàn wéi jīchǔ de zhīshí, jìnéng hé shíjiàn. Chuántǒng yīxué yīnwèi guójiā hé qūyù ér bùtóng, hángài guǎngfàn de gèzhǒng liáofǎ hé shíjiàn. Yīxiē guójiā yě bǎ tā chēngwéi “tìdài yīxué” huò “bǔchōng yīxué”.

Shùqiān nián lái, xíngyīzhě yóuqíshì jīcéng shèqū chūjí wèishēng bǎojiàn rényuán, yìngyòng chuántǒng yīxué wèi rénlèi jiànkāng zuòchūle jídà gòngxiàn. Chuántǒng yīxué/tìdài huò bǔchōng yīxué réng zài quánshìjiè fēngxíng. Cóng shàng shìjì 90 niándài yǐlái, zài xǔduō fādá guójiā hé fāzhǎnzhōng guójiā zhōng, chuántǒng yīxué de yìngyòng jīzēng.