Internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine: current international market, internationalization challenges and prospective suggestions

Chinese Medicine

Hao Hu¹  Annie Xianghong Lin¹  Luwen Shi¹  Defang Ouyang²  Yuanjia Hu²  Carolina Oi Lam Ung²  Ging Chan² 

[1] International Research Center for Medicinal Administration, Peking University;State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in TCM, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau;

关键词: TCM;    Internationalization;    International market;    Quality control;    Standardization;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13020-018-0167-z

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Through reviewing the current international market for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), this paper identified the internationalization challenges for TCM, including unclear therapeutic material basis and mechanism, difficulty of quality control, low preparation level, registration/policy barriers, and shortage of intellectual property. To deal with these challenges, suggestions were given including: (1) product innovation of TCM (study the TCM by using the methods and means of western medicine; innovate the basic theory of TCM; develop TCM health product); (2) standard innovation of TCM; (3) building big data platform of Chinese medicine (big data platform of TCM preparation; big data platform on the quality of TCM).

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