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  2. National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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    A section for TCM was present in the PRC's Ministry of Health formed in 1949. The section was gradually extended to have more power, and in 1986 the State Council decided to form the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. [1] [2] The role and composition of NATCM was adjusted in 1998. [3]

  3. Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (PPRC) or the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP), compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Commission of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, is an official compendium of drugs, covering Traditional Chinese and western medicines, which includes information on the standards of purity, description, test, dosage, precaution, storage, and the ...

  4. List of traditional Chinese medicines - Wikipedia

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    Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua, Qing Hao) is believed under TCM to treat fever, headache, dizziness, stopping bleeding, and alternating fever and chills. Sweet wormwood had fallen out of common use under TCM until it was rediscovered in the 1970s when the Chinese Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergency Treatments (340 AD) was found

  5. Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    The new law standardized TCM certifications by requiring TCM practitioners to (i) pass exams administered by provincial-level TCM authorities, and (ii) obtain recommendations from two certified practitioners. TCM products and services can be advertised only with approval from the local TCM authority. [247]

  6. Traditional Chinese medicines derived from the human body

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    The physician William C. Cooper and the sinologist Nathan Sivin [6] chose what the Chinese call rényào 人藥 "human drugs" as a pilot experiment sample for pharmacologically analyzing the efficacy of drugs used in TCM. In contrast to many traditional Chinese plant, animal, and mineral pharmaceuticals with uncertain active constituents, the ...

  7. Chinese patent medicine - Wikipedia

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    As mentioned earlier, the practice of producing ready-to-use granules originated in Japan. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare manages a Kampo list which contains specific approved forms of mixed and single-herb herbal medicine. [22] In October 2000, a nationwide study reported that 72% of registered physicians prescribe Kampō medicines ...

  8. Lianhua Qingwen - Wikipedia

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    Being approved as a Chinese patent medicine, LHQW also needs to have information regarding its supposed function in the practice of TCM. The package insert text reads: [8] [Functions and Indications] Clears epidemics and removes toxins. Ventilates lung and discharges heat.

  9. Chinese herbology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese herbology (traditional Chinese: 中藥學; simplified Chinese: 中药学; pinyin: zhōngyào xué) is the theory of traditional Chinese herbal therapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).