Chinese and foreign experts agreed at a symposium in Beijing
Saturday that traditional Chinese medicine has broad prospects in
international market as Chinese therapy and pharmacy have helped
treat many severe diseases.??
Last year, traditional Chinese medicine was successfully used in
treating SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) patients, said
Professor Tian Jingfu, former deputy director of the State
Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Currently, many
Chinese companies and individuals are studying ways to treat
HIV/AIDS patients.
China's success has increased international awareness about
traditional Chinese medicine and served to push traditional Chinese
medicine into the international market.
According to Hiromi Kumon and Haruki Kaku from Okayama
University of Japan, Japanese medical universities have been
ordered to resume teaching the subject of traditional Chinese
medicine this year.
Meanwhile, restrictions on traditional Chinese medicine have
been eased or lifted in an increasing amount of foreign
countries.
The symposium, which was sponsored by China's national market
for medical technology, discussed a new health product based on the
extracts of broomrape. According to experts, broomrape is widely
believed to be good for men.
(Xinhua News Agency September 12, 2004)