Introduction Health preservation plays a vital role in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),and it is dealt with several times in the TCM classic Huang Di Nei Jing(《黄帝内经》Huangdi’s Internal Classic)compiled thousan...Introduction Health preservation plays a vital role in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),and it is dealt with several times in the TCM classic Huang Di Nei Jing(《黄帝内经》Huangdi’s Internal Classic)compiled thousands of years ago.For example,the chapter Discourse on the True Qi Endowed by Heaven in High Antiquity contains the following description:The sages in ancient times who knew the tenets for cultivating health followed the rules of yin and yang and adjusted the ways to cultivate health.展开更多
The Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean was one of the earliest European countries to initiate political relationships with the People’s Republic of China.The political interaction translated eventually to a...The Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean was one of the earliest European countries to initiate political relationships with the People’s Republic of China.The political interaction translated eventually to a better appreciation of the cultural diversity of the respective countries.This appreciation led to an early adoption of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)services and their incorporation within the mainline western-based contemporary medicine generally practiced on the Islands.TCM clinical services were formally introduced in the public government-managed hospital in 1994 after a bilateral agreement was signed between the health ministries of the two respective countries.This service has now extended into the private health sector.The adoption of TCM clinical services,in the light of a greater acceptance of TCM by the patients,necessitated specific legislation to regulate the practice of TCM within the legal framework of the Maltese Healthcare Professions Act.In more recent years,since 2015,the University of Malta in collaboration with Shanghai University of TCM,have provided a postgraduate master program in TCM aimed at graduates holding a primary degree in a western-oriented health-care science.展开更多
基金This study was financially supported by the International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Chinese Medicine of China(No.E2-ED19012).
文摘Introduction Health preservation plays a vital role in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),and it is dealt with several times in the TCM classic Huang Di Nei Jing(《黄帝内经》Huangdi’s Internal Classic)compiled thousands of years ago.For example,the chapter Discourse on the True Qi Endowed by Heaven in High Antiquity contains the following description:The sages in ancient times who knew the tenets for cultivating health followed the rules of yin and yang and adjusted the ways to cultivate health.
文摘The Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean was one of the earliest European countries to initiate political relationships with the People’s Republic of China.The political interaction translated eventually to a better appreciation of the cultural diversity of the respective countries.This appreciation led to an early adoption of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)services and their incorporation within the mainline western-based contemporary medicine generally practiced on the Islands.TCM clinical services were formally introduced in the public government-managed hospital in 1994 after a bilateral agreement was signed between the health ministries of the two respective countries.This service has now extended into the private health sector.The adoption of TCM clinical services,in the light of a greater acceptance of TCM by the patients,necessitated specific legislation to regulate the practice of TCM within the legal framework of the Maltese Healthcare Professions Act.In more recent years,since 2015,the University of Malta in collaboration with Shanghai University of TCM,have provided a postgraduate master program in TCM aimed at graduates holding a primary degree in a western-oriented health-care science.
