摘要
1 Introduction The world is now in an era of the globalization of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).A hundred and thirty-three member states responded in the World Health Organization’s(WHO)Global Report on Traditional&Complementary Medicine 2019,which was based on the second WHO global survey in 2012,113 member states formally acknowledged that their population uses acupuncture and 100 member states acknowledged that they use TCM.1 The data in this report also showed that 30 member states have regulations on acupuncture and 18 member states on TCM.In the category of traditional and complementary medicine,acupuncture is the most common form of practice in the world.In 2022,the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision(ICD-11)is officially in effect.2–4 Chapter 26,Traditional Medicine,was first forever published in this international standard of diseases classification and the technical terms mostly compiled from TCM which indicated that TCM is now officially entering the world health system.
