中医针灸海外传播面临的机遇、挑战和启示——以美国为例

Opportunity,challenge and inspiration faced by overseas spread of Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture and moxibustion:taking the United States of America as an example

中医是中国的,也是世界的。中医经过数千年的发展,日趋成熟,为国人的健康保驾护航。据不完全统计,中医传统外治法之一的针灸已经传遍世界196个国家和地区,针灸已成为中华文化的一张靓丽名片,是向世界讲述“中国故事”、传播“中国声音”的有效载体,但中医药文化在海外的传播过程中仍面临重重困难和挑战。本文以针灸在美国的发展为例,总结针灸在海外传播过程中面临的机遇和挑战,并提出相应的解决策略。

Traditional Chinese Medicine belongs to China as well as the world.Traditional Chinese Medicine is becoming more mature and escorts people′s health after thousand⁃year development in China.According to incomplete statistics,acupuncture and moxibustion,one of the conventional external treatments of Traditional Chinese Medicine,has been spread to 196 countries and regions in the world.Acupuncture and moxibustion has become a beautiful name card of Chinese culture and an effective carrier to tell the“Chinese story”and spread the“Chinese voice”to the world.However,the overseas spread of Traditional Chinese Medicine culture still faces many difficulties and challenges.Taking the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in the United States of America as an example,this paper summarizes the opportunities and challenges faced by spread of acupuncture and moxibustion overseas,and puts forward corresponding solution strategies.