After a hundred years, ICD WHO first listed Chinese medicine in the world of Chinese medicine.
Cctv newsOn May 25th, the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, deliberated and adopted the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which included traditional medicine originated from traditional Chinese medicine for the first time. This is a valuable achievement made by the government of China and Chinese medicine experts after more than 10 years of continuous efforts. This news is expected, and related reports were as early as June 2018; But it is also a milestone. As a great invention of the Chinese nation, Chinese medicine is a precious gift from China to the world, which shows that it is being recognized more and more widely.
Incorporated for the first time in the past hundred years
The Director-General’s Report of the World Health Organization points out that ICD-11 includes a report entitled "Traditional medical diseases and syndromes — — The supplementary chapter of Module 1 classifies the traditional medical diseases and syndromes that originated in ancient China and are widely used in China, Japanese, Korean and other countries. Incorporating supplementary chapters on traditional medicine into the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) enables people to make statistics on traditional medical services and medical treatment for the first time, evaluate its form, frequency, effectiveness and safety, and compare it with mainstream medicine and research.
ICD is an internationally unified disease classification standard formulated and promulgated by WHO. It is the normative standard of disease classification for governments in medical treatment, management, teaching, scientific research and policy making, and it is one of the authoritative foundations and general standards in the global health field. After a hundred years, ICD has been revised 10 times, and this is the first time that Chinese medicine has been included in the "International Classification of Diseases" in the past hundred years.
150 diseases and 196 syndromes in traditional medicine are included in the chapters of traditional medicine, and words describing TCM syndromes such as "Yin deficiency" and "Yang deficiency" are listed. After being included in ICD, the relevant data can be collected not only from China, but also more widely in the world, so it can provide more and more reliable basis for the clinical research of traditional Chinese medicine.
International exchanges and cooperation highlight business cards.
In the exhibition area of the Life Experience Hall of the Beijing World Expo, almost half a floor was used to display the contents related to traditional Chinese medicine.
On May 22nd, the State Council held a press conference in China International Fair for Trade in Services in 2019. When answering a reporter’s question, Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Bingnan said that a number of new characteristic service trade bases should be established in the fields of digital services and traditional Chinese medicine services, so as to promote the formation of a new pattern of "one pilot, one demonstration and multiple bases".
Chinese medicine has already gone to the world. In recent years, with the improvement of China’s comprehensive national strength, the spread and status of Chinese medicine overseas are also constantly improving, and the internationalization process is also entering the fast lane.
In October 2015, Tu Youyou, a Chinese medicine scientist, won the Nobel Prize for his invention of artemisinin, becoming the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in science.
In August 2016, at the Rio Olympic Games, cupping and acupuncture unexpectedly became popular as "artifacts" and were sought after by many Olympic athletes, including swimming superstar Phelps and gymnast Alex. Ancient Chinese medicine physical therapy methods have become the focus.
In December 2016, the State Council Information Office published Chinese Medicine in China. This is the first time that the Chinese government has published a white paper on the development of Chinese medicine.
According to state administration of traditional chinese medicine, at present, Chinese medicine has spread to 183 countries and regions. China has signed special cooperation agreements on Chinese medicine with more than 40 foreign governments, regions and organizations, established a number of overseas Chinese medicine centers in countries and regions related to the Belt and Road Initiative, and opened hundreds of Chinese medicine colleges and universities in more than 30 countries and regions.
In addition, Chinese medicine has actively participated in the free trade zone negotiations between China and 14 countries and regions, in order to reduce the market access of Chinese medicine and reduce trade barriers. Chinese medicine has become a bright business card for China’s international exchanges and cooperation.
It is reported that Chinese medicine has been included in the framework of high-level cooperation with the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and other countries; The mechanism of traditional medicine cooperation meeting between China, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia has been established. China’s cooperation with the World Health Organization, International Organization for Standardization, Central and Eastern European countries, ASEAN, SCO, BRICS and other multilateral institutions in the fields of national policy formulation, scientific research and standardization of traditional medicine is also constantly strengthening.
Open the second pulse of "Ren Du"
I still remember the movie "Scraping" that year. Grandpa used the traditional Chinese medicine "scraping" therapy to treat his grandson, but the red mark on his skin limb was regarded as child abuse in the United States. Over the years, the traditional medical field has worked tirelessly, but it is still difficult to become the international mainstream medicine. Experts believe that bringing traditional medicine into ICD is like opening up the second pulse of Ren Du, which is a milestone.
Zhang Qi, director of the Department of Traditional Medicine, Complementary Medicine and Integrated Medicine of WHO, said that the inclusion of traditional medicine in ICD marks the recognition of the value of this part of traditional medicine, including Chinese medicine and its origin, by the whole international public health system represented by WHO, and also recognizes the fact that Chinese medicine is being used more and more in China and internationally.
Zhang Boli, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that this is conducive to the international exchange and cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine, promotes the integration and development of traditional Chinese medicine with the medical and health systems of other countries in the world, and lays a foundation for countries around the world to know, understand and use traditional Chinese medicine, which has very important practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.
More and more foreign "small partners" believe that while using Chinese medicine, more and more foreigners have embarked on the road of studying Chinese medicine. The inclusion of ICD will also be more conducive to their study.
Just a few days ago, during the Asian Civilization Dialogue Conference, Hu Man, an Iranian "foreign traditional Chinese medicine", who was invited to attend the conference, talked about his personal experience: Chinese medicine is traditional medicine, and it has a lot to do with culture. In his view, acupuncture is China’s and the world’s. I hope that through my own efforts, more people will feel the charm of Chinese medicine.
Huggins, a Brazilian student, suffered from stomach trouble, and his martial arts teacher cured him with Chinese medicine. Since then, Higgins has been fascinated by Chinese medicine. Now, he has opened the Brazilian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, hoping to spread Chinese medicine culture in the South American continent.
Standardization has a long way to go.
In the Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Huqingyutang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, there are countless specimens of Chinese herbal medicines, and one of the display cabinets contains the identification of the authenticity of Chinese herbal medicines. In that year, there were as many as four kinds of common fakes of Cordyceps sinensis alone.
With the change of environment, the way of collection has changed from wild to planting, and some genuine medicinal materials are no longer authentic. In addition, Chinese medicine and western medicine are two different theoretical systems, and the unclear effective components, unclear mechanism of action and lack of quality standards of Chinese medicine have always restricted the internationalization of Chinese medicine.
In January, 2010, the secretariat of the Technical Committee of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC249) settled in Shanghai, and China began to gradually grasp the leading role of international standardization of traditional Chinese medicine. This is also a world discourse right in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
In May 2017, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) officially released "Chinese Medicine — — Panax notoginseng medicinal materials, which is the first international standard for quality evaluation of medicinal products led by China. Subsequently, Chinese herbal medicines such as Artemisia argyi, Ganoderma lucidum, Radix Isatidis, Dendrobium candidum and Gastrodia elata have successively obtained international standards.
In recent years, a number of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions have been accepted by European and American markets better and faster by defining the effective substances and establishing standardized production chains. China has gone further and further on the road of promoting international standardization of traditional Chinese medicine. Zhang Weidong, director of the Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry of the Department of Pharmacy, China Naval Medical University, believes that it is very important to let the world know about traditional Chinese medicine by modern scientific and technological means.
According to reports, ICD11, which is included in Chinese medicine this time, is designed to be more easily integrated with electronic health records and information systems, which will help shorten the transition period for the promotion and application of traditional medicine such as Chinese medicine in Europe and America. Experts believe that this achievement is also helpful for the standardized development of Chinese medicine itself. Dou Danbo, a professor at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that in view of the wide service population of traditional Chinese medicine, it will be beneficial to the supervision of traditional Chinese medicine, the safety of traditional Chinese medicine and the comparison of curative effects of traditional Chinese medicine.
The integration of Chinese medicine into ICD is only the first step, and it still needs to be strengthened in standardization and international cooperation for a long time. As Academician Zhang Boli said, the official release of ICD-11 will help our country to establish a morbidity statistics network which is connected with international standards and reflects the information of Chinese medicine health service, show the ability and position of Chinese medicine service in China’s health service from the perspective of statistical analysis, and also comprehensively reflect the situation of Chinese medicine providing services to people all over the world.
The acupuncture bronze man for ancient medical study displayed by Beijing World Expo.
Chinese medicine, as a "health messenger" connected with people’s hearts, has taken root and blossomed in the hearts of people all over the world.
(Comprehensive from: Xinhuanet, CCTV News, state administration of traditional chinese medicine website, Changjiang Daily)