School Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Articles

WenTongGanPi decoction alleviates diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by improving intestinal barrier

Ethnopharmacological relevanceWenTongGanPi Decoction (WTGPD) is a representative medical practice of the Fuyang School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which originated from the classical Lu's Guizhi method. WTGPD places emphasis on the balance and functionality of yang qi, and is effective in treating TCM symptoms related to liver qi stagnation and spleen yang deficiency. In TCM, diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) is often diagnosed as liver depression and spleen deficiency, and the use of WTGPD has shown significant therapeutic effect. However, the underlying mechanism of WTGPD treating IBS-D remains unclear. Aim of the studyTo explore the effect and mechanism of WTGPD in the treatment of IBS-D. Materials and methodsAn IBS-D model with liver depression and spleen deficiency was constructed by chronic immobilization stress stimulation and sennae folium aqueous gavage. The impact of WTGPD on IBS-D rats was evaluated through measurements of body weight, fecal water content, and abdominal withdrawal reflex (AWR). Intestinal permeability was assessed using hematoxylin-eosin (HE), alcian blue-periodic acid schiff (AB-PAS), immunofluorescence (IF) staining, and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The components of WTGPD were analyzed using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS. The underlying mechanisms were investigated through network pharmacology, transcriptomics sequencing, western blot (WB), molecular docking, and 16S rRNA sequencing. ResultsWTGPD treatment effectively alleviated diarrhea and abnormal pain in IBS-D rats (P < 0.05). It enhanced the intestinal barrier function by improving colonic structure and increasing the expression of tight junction proteins (P < 0.05). A total of 155 components were identified in WTGPD. Both network pharmacology and transcriptomics sequencing analysis highlighted MAPK as the key signaling pathway in WTGPD's anti-IBS-D effect. The WB results showed a significant decrease in p-p38, p-ERK and p-JNK expression after WTGPD treatment (P < 0.0001). Guanosine, adenosine and hesperetin in WTGPD may be involved in regulating the phosphorylation of p38, ERK and JNK. Additionally, WTGPD significantly enhanced microbial diversity and increased the production of colonic valeric acid in IBS-D rats (P < 0.01). ConclusionIn conclusion, our findings suggest that WTGPD can effectively alleviate IBS-D and improve intestinal barrier likely via inhibiting MAPK signal pathway and improving micobial dysbiosis.

The Textual Relationship between Zhongguo Yixue Dacidian and YiJi ZhiJin

Zhongguo Yixue Dacidian(The Dictionary of Chinese Medicine,«») is the first comprehensive dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine in China. The dictionary, edited by Xie Guan()and compiled for several years by the teachers and students of Shanghai Special School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was first published by The Commercial Press in 1921. In 1919, Lu Simian() joined The Commercial Press to assist Xie Guan who is his old friend in compiling the contents on medical books for the dictionary . In the same year, Lu Simian wrote a book called YiJi ZhiJin(«»). Recently, some scholars believe that Xie Guan disassembled YiJi ZhiJin and compiled it into Zhongguo Yixue Dacidian. Through a comparative study of these two, it can be seen that YiJi ZhiJin and Zhongguo Yixue Dacidian do use homologous materials in the interpretation of some medical books, but YiJi ZhiJin as a whole is not compiled into Zhongguo Yixue Dacidian, and the idea of there is a plagiarism relationship between them is incorrect.

Psychosomatic health status and corresponding comorbid network analysis of college students in traditional Chinese medicine schools.

Depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms are highly comorbid and represent the most prevalent psychosomatic health issues. Few studies have investigated the network structure of psychosomatic symptoms among traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) students. This study aims to investigate the psychosomatic health status of college students in TCM universities, while simultaneously constructing a network structure of common somatic symptoms and psychological symptoms. Online investigation was conducted among 665 students from a university of Chinese medicine. Health Status Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) were used to assess the mental symptoms and physical status of participants. With the R software processing, a network model of psychosomatic symptoms was constructed. Specifically, we computed the predictability (PRE), expected influence (EI), and bridging expected influence (BEI) of each symptom. Meanwhile, the stability and accuracy of the network were evaluated using the case-deletion bootstrap method. Among the participants, 277 (41.65%) subjects exhibited depressive symptoms, and 244 (36.69%) subjects showed symptoms of anxiety. Common somatic symptoms included fatigue, forgetfulness, sighing, thirst, and sweating. Within the psychosomatic symptoms network, " worrying too much about things ", "uncontrollable worries" and "weakness" exhibited the high EI and PRE, suggesting they are central symptoms. " Little interest or pleasure in doing things," " feeling down, depressed, or hopeless," " dyssomnia," and "sighing" with high BEI values demonstrated that they are bridging symptoms in the comorbid network. The psychosomatic health status of college students in traditional Chinese medicine schools is concerning, showing high tendencies for depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms. There exists a complex relationship between somatic symptoms and psychological symptoms among students. " Worrying too much about things ", "uncontrollable worries" and "weakness" enable to serve as comorbid intervention targets for anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms. Addressing " little interest or pleasure in doing things," " feeling down, depressed, or hopeless," " dyssomnia," and "sighing" may effectively prevent the mutual transmission between psychological and physical symptoms. The network model highlighting the potential targeting symptoms to intervene in the treatment of psychosomatic health.

A brief analysis of traditional Chinese and Western Medicine on the pathomechanism of spastic cerebral palsy in children

Pediatric spastic cerebral paralysis is a common type of pediatric cerebral palsy, and its clinical manifestations contain movement disorders, behavioral cognitive disorders, secondary musculoskeletal problems, secondary epilepsy and so on. Western Medicine believes that this is a brain disease with nerve abnormalities, while traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) considers that the disease is linked to abnormalities in the brain, but the radical pathogenesis is the deficiency of the liver, spleen and kidney, which can help the liver wind with blood rush to the brain. Although TCM and Western Medicine have different pathological understanding in pediatric spastic cerebral paralysis, but since the Huitong School of TCM and Western Medicine in the late Qing Dynasty, TCM and Western Medicine has been combined with Western Medicine knowledge, and we can better understand the connection among the liver, kidney, spleen and brain. Based on this background, this paper discussed the difference and connection between the perspective of Western Medicine pathology and TCM pathogenesis to analyze the mechanism of pediatric spastic cerebral paralysis.

Geographical views in traditional Chinese medicine

Interdisciplinary integration is a major feature of current scientific and technological development and also an inherent demand of economic and social development. The classic works in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), such as Huangdi's Internal Classic(Huang Di Nei Jing) and Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica(Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing), contain rich and distinctive geographic ideas about the origin of Chinese medicine and prescriptions. There are many TCM schools and the distribution of each school has obvious geographical characteristics. The difference in geographical space is a major factor causing the difference in schools. There have been records of drugs and places of origin in previous documents of the Han Dynasty. Many drug names in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica begin with ancient country names or ancient place names, indicating that the compilers attached great importance to the relationship between drugs and places of origin. Doctors in the Tang Dynasty have realized that the quality of medicinal materials was closely related to the place of origin, and each place of origin had herbalists to support the harvesting. The national yearly harvested drugs were all distributed with the places of origin. In the Song Dynasty, there were more records about the origin of drugs than in the Tang Dynasty, and the drawings attached to the Materia Medica Arranged According to Pattern(Zheng Lei Ben Cao) were titled with the names of the origins. In the Jin and Yuan dynasties, the literature on Chinese materia medica inherited the relationship between the origin and quality of drugs and contained rich geographical views in the &quot;medication method&quot;. In the Ming Dynasty, the literature on Chinese materia medica was the first to clearly label the Daodi origin, and recognized the differences in quality and application of drugs between different origins. In the Qing Dynasty, doctors realized that there were variations and differences in the origins of drugs used by doctors in different periods, and the problem of origin was one of the reasons for the ineffectiveness of drugs. During the period of the Republic of China, doctors also paid great attention to the relationship between the origin of drugs and the quality of drugs, and the changes in the origin of drugs. TCM and geography share a common philosophical foundation. To inherit and develop the experience of doctors in the past dynasties on the relationship between drugs and origins, it is necessary to combine &quot;Chinese materia medica&quot; with &quot;geography&quot; to carry out the research on the geography of Chinese medicine, conduct multidisciplinary integration, build a new way to inherit and innovate the essence of TCM, promote the connection between philosophy of Yi, medical science, pharmacology, and geography, better serve the production practice of TCM, and promote the solution of problems related to the development of the Chinese medicine industry.

Los efectos de la acupuntura en el punto extra Weiguanxiashu en el control glucémico

IntroductionThis study aims to determine the effects of acupuncture at the Weiguanxiashu extra point, in the control of blood glucose levels in fasting adults, in the Lisbon region. Place of studyThe study was carried out at the Community Clinic of the Lisbon School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. MethodsThe sample consisted of 15 individuals who underwent two interventions at different times with the same regimen (drinking 200ml of juice). One intervention consisted of acupuncture at the Weiguanxiashu extra point and the other of only the simulation of puncture at the same acupoint. Blood glucose levels were measured three times (at 0, 15 and 30minutes) during each treatment. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS 21 analysis software. The Wilcoxon test was used to compare the means of the initial and final blood glucose values. ResultsThe initial mean of blood glucose values in the control group was 95.13±10.88mg/dL and in the experimental group it was 93.93±13.33mg/dL. In the last measurement, in the control group the mean was 116.13±18.91mg/dL and in the experimental group it was 106.67±23.86mg/dL. ConclusionThis study showed that the use of a single point (Weiguanxiashu) was effective in controlling blood glucose levels.

Research on the characteristics of the formation and inheritance of Lei's medicine in Quzhou from the perspective of regional medicine

Lei's medicine is the main school of traditional Chinese medicine in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province. It originated from Xin'an medical school. It has been passed on for more than 200 years, but it is still lack of in-depth study. From the perspective of regional medicine, combined with the regional characteristics of Quzhou, absorbing the research results of local social history and environmental history, starting with the historical materials such as Lei's medical works, local chronicles literature and so on, the school characteristics are summarized as: the formation of "treatment in accordance with three types of disease causes" , the academic inheritance of "inheriting the past and integrating the present" , the inheritance mode of "multiple integration" , the cultural connotation of "combining medicine with Confucianism" , and the school characteristics of "integration and innovation" . The purpose of this paper is to provide reference for the research of academic schools and the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine.

The Impact of Targeted Poverty Alleviation on Ruoguo Villagers’ Health Consciousness Based on Village Revitalization Work of School of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Jinan University

RuoGuo village is one of the many poverty-stricken areas in China. In recent years, The School of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Jinan University has actively implemented the party’s guidelines for poverty alleviation work, adopting various forms and methods to carry out poverty alleviation work in RuoGuo Village, which has achieved initial results. Through this survey, we can see the effectiveness of the JNU’s poverty alleviation work, and recognize the current situation of Zhuanguo Village so that the next poverty alleviation work can be more targeted. By summarizing the merits and shortcomings of Jinan University’s poverty alleviation work, We can improve working methods for the targeted poverty alleviation in Runguo Village, and accumulate the experience of targeted poverty alleviation, which is also a way to actively respond to the national targeted poverty alleviation policy. Besides, we can provide a certain reference value for the targeted poverty alleviation work in other regions.

Study on differentiation and features of the medical records about constipation in ancient books with doctors Wumen medical school

Objective The characteristics of prescription medication for constipation in Wumen doctors in Ming and Qing Dynasties were analyzed by data mining method, so as to provide reference for the treatment of contemporary clinical constipation. Methods The Wumen medical school doctors in Ming and Qing Dynasties treating constipation in clinical case were selected for digital acquisition and process. The association rules and complex networks analysis were used for data mining in order to explore experience of famous doctors in Wumen medical treated constipation. Results A total of 202 cases records of constipation were collected from acient TCM books by the database of ancient books and literatures of library of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The results showed that the highest syndromes of 202 prescriptions was Qi stagnation and yin deficiency, followed by damp-heat, blood deficiency and liver-stomach disharmony, and the top ten medicines for internal use were angelica, almond, arborvitae, flaxseed, pinellia, cistanche, dried rehamnnia root, radix paeoniae alba, rhubarb, poria, licorice, etc. The core medicine in pairs included the Platycodon grandiflorum-almonds, safflower-peach kernel, safflower-angelica and other drugs outside, carthami-semen pruni-Peach kernel, carthami-semen pruni-Angelica, carthami-angelica-peach, peony-rhubarb-magnolia. Conclusions Most of the doctors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties believed that constipation was based on deficiency and reality, took Xinrun Tongluo as its treatment method, and paid attention to the treatment of activating blood circulation, warming yang and regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and emphasized the relationship between constipation and lung, spleen, liver and kidney. Key words: Constipation (TCM); Wumen doctor; Traditional Chinese medicine schools; Data mining; Drug features; Regularity of comparability; Medicine pharmacologic literature (TCM)

Observational Application Comparing Problem-Based Learning with the Conventional Teaching Method for Clinical Acupuncture Education

Aim Although the problem-based learning (PBL) teaching method was introduced in 1969, its rapid and widespread application in Malaysia started in 1979. This study aimed to evaluate satisfaction with PBL compared to that of conventional learning, using satisfaction surveys and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scores, of students learning clinical acupuncture at the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Xiamen University Malaysia. Method The participants of this study (N=36) were registered for a bachelor's degree program in TCM in 2016 and enrolled in the Science of Acupuncture and Moxibustion course beginning in September 2018. The students were randomly allocated into two groups: PBL group and conventional group. A self-administered learning satisfaction survey and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scores were used for data collection. An independent sample t-test was used to compare the results between the two groups. A p-value <0.05 was considered significant. Results The results of the learning satisfaction survey and Rosenberg Self-Esteem scores were significantly better in the PBL group than in the conventional group (p<0.05). Conclusions PBL appears to be more effective for clinical acupuncture education than the conventional teaching method. However, further studies are needed to identify the mechanisms by which PBL excels in clinical acupuncture education, as well as other related TCM fields.

A New-Type Acupuncture Model Based on STM32

Background: The foundation of this acupuncture model is to solve the lack of experimental teaching model and student’s inadequate ability to identify acupoints in the teaching of acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. Methods: In this model we use modern materials to simulate human arms and combination with electronic engineering to create a “Modern Version of Acupuncture Man” and select 2015 undergraduates of Traditional Chinese Medicine School in Jinan University as the research object, to divide those students into two teaching mode which is using acupuncture models or not, to compare their mastery of the acupoint names and position. Results: After the three times different mode teaching and have a test, the average score of using models group was much higher than traditional teaching mode groups (p < 0.05). And all the students expressed that using the model teaching and investigation could better grasp the location and depth of acupoints and enhance their ability of identifying acupoints. Conclusions: The acupuncture models beneficial to the training the acupuncture of Traditional Chinese Medicine students, and also it can make the theory of acupuncture more “Standardization” and “Visualization”.

Classical Chinese Medicine by Liu Lihong

Reviewed by: Classical Chinese Medicine by Liu Lihong Nicole Elizabeth Barnes (bio) Liu Lihong. Classical Chinese Medicine. Edited by Heiner Fruehauf. Translated by Gabriel Weiss and Henry Buchtel with Sabine Wilms. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2019. xlviii, 644 pp. Hardcover $90.00, isbn 978-988-237-057-9. Chinese medicine is under attack. This has been the case for ninety years, ever since the first resolution to outlaw its practice was discussed in the Ministry of Health in 1929. After nearly a century of concerted efforts to control how Chinese medicine can be researched, taught, studied, practiced, produced, and even defined, Liu Lihong has emerged as one of its staunchest and most well-regarded defenders. Originally published in 2001, the Chinese edition of his book has sold over a million copies and become a national best seller in China. This first English-language translation is the product of many people's diligent labor and is a precious resource for anyone who wishes to preserve Chinese medicine in this era of trouble. The book begins with an informative introduction by Editor Heiner Freuhauf, a founding professor of Chinese medicine at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. Freuhauf places Liu's work in historiographic and political context, elegantly explaining what is at stake for the theory and practice of Chinese medicine and introducing readers who do [End Page 145] not know the situation in China to Dr. Liu's mission and motives. Freuhauf includes a useful chart in which he contrasts classical Chinese medicine—the term the translators adopted for the medicine that preserves and respects knowledge found in the ancient medical classics—and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the state-sponsored and highly scientized version of Chinese medicine that dominates in China today. The first chapter reads like a jeremiad bemoaning neglect of the medical classics in a TCM education system that relegates study of the foundational texts of Chinese medicine to elective courses. Nearly eighty pages long, it is occasionally repetitive and heavy-handed. This is likely because its key message—that neglect of the classics leaves one quite unable to practice Chinese medicine and ignorant of its true powers—certainly bears repeating. It may be hard to swallow for many young Chinese who do not know the history and assume that TCM is a worthy and loyal expression of Chinese medical tradition, as is claimed in TCM schools and textbooks. The translators might have done better to adopt a different tone in the English edition whose audience presumably has less confusion about this matter. For those practicing Chinese medicine outside of China, TCM regulations matter less since they do not dictate school curricula, hospital and clinic organization, or licensing procedures. A key insight in this chapter is that classical Chinese medicine experimentation does not register in the scientific laboratory because it is internal rather than external. Performed inside the bodies of the ancients who frequently meditated to heighten their self-perception and experimented with new drugs on themselves, internal experimentation was the method that ancient physicians used to understand how diseases and drugs functioned. Another central point is that proper study of Chinese medicine requires direct and personal mentorship with a teacher. Therefore, medical education in TCM schools that neglects both the classics and discipleship is really no education at all. To illustrate his argument about the value of studying the medical classics, Dr. Liu selected one text in particular: Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghan zabing lun (The Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases), originally compiled during the Han dynasty in the late third century B.C.E. Chapter 2 explains the foundational concept of "cold damage" and expounds upon yin-yang theory that lies at the core of Chinese medicine and philosophy. Clearly used to teaching people for whom the living conditions and conceptual categories of ancient medical practitioners do not make intuitive sense, Dr. Liu expertly uses concrete analogies to render esoteric knowledge familiar. He likens the differences between TCM textbooks and the ancient classics to cloyingly sappy popular music and everlastingly meaningful classical music, and the adjustment of one's yin and yang to the fine-tuning of a radio dial. His...

To explore the method of excavation and sorting for Wuzhou medical academic mainstreams

This paper tried to explore the method of excavation and sorting for local cultural knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine by confirming the research content, setting the eligibility, designing the research method, and implementing the research plan. We pointed out that the trial design, working style, policy support and funding support played an important role for the success of researches. Key words: Traditional Chinese medicine schools; Anthropology, cultural; Research methods

Changes of the Guangdong Professional School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in early new China

As the only extant school of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) at the founding of New China, the Guangdong Professional School of TCM was ordered to shut down, thus arousing the contention on whether such schools should be held or not. After the First Congress on Health, the School was existed for the time being, and was incorporated into the Guangdong Training School of TCM due to the reformation of educational system. Actually, the goal of the latter School was to "reform" TCM rather than to cultivate and protect TCM. By 1954, there was a substantial adjustment of the TCM policy, and thus TCM was running into the right path. The original staffs and material resources became the basis for the higher education of TCM in Guangdong Province. The changes of the schools reflect the vicissitudes of TCM education in early New China.

Ten-day Periodical of Traditional Chinese Medicine and its concept of confluence of Chinese and western medicine

The Ten-day Periodical of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a TCM Journal founded by the Xiamen Professional School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in July 1934, had published a lot of essays written by many TCM physicians that interpret the concept of traditional Chinese medicine by western medicine, offering the academic way of probing confluence of Chinese and Western Medicine in Xiamen. The aim of the Journal includes "developing TCM academy" and the "confluence of TCM with western medicine" , the exploration of TCM and the penetration of Chinese and western medicine, and getting rid of blind faith on "science" to set up the belief of TCM and to prove the ideas of visceral theory and its gasification by the anatomical knowledge of western medicine. The Journal envisaged the difference between the TCM and WM, avoided blind convergence, representing the academic inheritance and progress of the era. Although the essays published might have made a forced analogy by over-praising TCM, however, its exploration and convergence of TCM and the experiences are helpful to modern scholars to properly manage the relation of TCM and WM to face the future challenge consciously.

Traditional Chinese medicine education in Canada.

The history of education and legislation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and acupuncture in Canada is short. The first school of TCM opened its door to the general public in Canada in 1985 and the first legislation of acupuncture was introduced in Alberta, Canada in 1988. Currently, TCM and/or acupuncture have been regulated in five provinces in Canada. The legislation and regulation, as well as education of TCM and acupuncture vary among the five provinces in Canada. Opportunities and challenges facing TCM education exist simultaneously. Strategies are proposed to develop an international standard for TCM education in Canada, and possibly in other English speaking countries as well.

Spot investigation of pacific college of oriental medicine in the US

The author visited the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine which is one of the largest traditional chinese medicine school in the US. The article introduces general situation, education model, content of courses, publications and libraries of this college, so as to benefit people to understand more details about TCM education in the US. Key words: The United States; Traditional Chinese Medicine school; Spot investigation

Does Prior Acupuncture Exposure Affect Perception of Blinded Real Or Sham Acupuncture?

To determine if acupuncture-exposed and naïve participants differ in their perceptions of real and sham acupuncture under blinded conditions. The setting was an outpatient clinic at the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Participants were between the ages of 18 and 90 years. Acupuncture-exposed participants had at least five prior acupuncture treatments, with one treatment in the month prior to the study date. Acupuncture-naïve participants had experienced no prior acupuncture treatments. Participants with dementia, cognitive impairment, or neuropathy were excluded. In total, 61 acupuncture-exposed and 59 acupuncture-naïve participants were blindfolded and received either real acupuncture or toothpick sham acupuncture treatment. Following treatment, participants completed a questionnaire rating the realness of the acupuncture and were asked how they made this determination. We used a previously developed scale rating treatments from 1 (definitely real needle) to 5 (definitely imitation needle) to assess outcome. Perceptions of the real treatment were rated as more real than sham treatments for all participants. Further analysis revealed that prior acupuncture exposure did not influence ratings of real treatments, but exposed participants rated sham treatments as significantly less real than naïve participants. Acupuncture-naïve and exposed participants both reported different perceptions of real and sham acupuncture using a blindfolded toothpick protocol. This suggests that future trials should carefully monitor participant perceptions of treatments received, even for naïve individuals. Differences between groups further suggest that participants with significant and/or recent exposure to real acupuncture may introduce bias to blinded clinical acupuncture trials.

Profiles of traditional chinese medicine schools

Many schools of academic doctrines have emerged throughout the development history of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) due to geographic, time, Shicheng (mentor-apprentice system) and academic diversities. Classic TCM School, Classic Formula School and Febrile Disorder School, though all lacking a clearly demonstrable or continuous Shicheng relationship, are nevertheless so classified because of their consistency in reference to the classic TCM works. Each of the Four Famous Masters of Jin and Yuan Dynasties had its distinctively different academic doctrine, resulting in the establishment of individually integrated academic schools. The emergence of the Warming and Tonifying School in late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties was realized as a means to rectify the ill effects of the cool and cold medications prevalent at the time. On the other hand, the advent of the Warm Disease School and the rise of the Confluence School embodied the close relationship carried by TCM academic schools to contemporary historical background. Looking at this development history, it is evident that the development of TCM academic schools could flourish only if it allows dissenting, yet mutually tolerant, opinions. In present medical environment where TCM and Western medicine are of equal importance, Classic TCM Schools, TCM Modernization Schools and Integrative Medicine Schools should all receive emphasis to foster development.

Research on public education of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangxi during the period of New Gui Faction

Through the research of the establishment, development, cause, feature, effectiveness, and influence of public education of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Guangxi during the period of New Gui Faction, it is shown that many measures were adopted by the New Gui Faction to strongly support and develop TCM in Guangxi. In order to raise the social status of TCM and ensure its involvement in the prevention and treatment of diseases, the government of New Gui Faction developed TCM under the schedule of Government Medical Development and the system of Pubic Healthy Care. Meanwhile, the government organized TCM schools and trained more clinical TCM talents. All in all, the development of TCM was greatly improved.