The picture shows Hu Zijing explaining acupuncture knowledge to students at the University of Johannesburg. Picture provided by the interviewee Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) contains the Chinese nation's thousands of years of health preservation concept and practical experience. It is the great creation of the Chinese nation and the treasure of ancient Chinese science. Over the years, with the pace of overseas Chinese entering the world, traditional Chinese medicine has gone abroad and crossed oceans and seas, benefiting the people of more countries and regions. At present, traditional Chinese medicine has spread to 196 countries and regions around the world, and China has signed special cooperation agreements on traditional Chinese medicine with more than 40 foreign governments, regional authorities and international organizations. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, at present, 103 members of the organization have approved the use of acupuncture, of which 29 have established laws and regulations on traditional medicine, and 18 have incorporated acupuncture into the medical insurance system. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, traditional Chinese medicine has attracted the attention of the international community with its unique efficacy. Recently, our reporter interviewed several traditional Chinese medicine doctors who are engaged in traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment in different countries in the world, listened to their stories about their overseas diagnosis and treatment with traditional Chinese medicine, talked about the current situation of the development of traditional Chinese medicine in the country where they live, and talked about the prospect of the spread of traditional Chinese medicine culture abroad. Work hard and gain loyal fans Asked about the most impressive things this year, vice president of the World Federation of traditional Chinese Medicine Societies Wu Binjiang, President of Ontario College of traditional Chinese medicine, Canada, said with satisfaction: "in March this year, the Ontario traditional Chinese medicine community in Canada joined forces with various forces to successfully prevent the Ontario parliament from passing the abolition of traditional Chinese medicine act involved in Item 5 of the labor law of Act No. 88 of 2022 。 In this "defense war" to protect Ontario's traditional Chinese medicine law, many Canadian local "foreign traditional Chinese medicine" and patients who have received traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment have played an important role. These 'foreign traditional Chinese medicine' and patients are 'die hard fans' of traditional Chinese medicine, and they are actively shouting for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. " Wu Binjiang is proud that after more than 20 years of establishment, Ontario College of traditional Chinese medicine has cultivated hundreds of "foreign traditional Chinese medicine" for the local area, becoming the most influential local traditional Chinese medicine education institution. Wu Binjiang said: "Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, in order to meet the needs of 'fans' of traditional Chinese medicine from different ethnic groups in Canada, Ontario College of traditional Chinese medicine has opened a' cloud lecture hall of traditional Chinese medicine 'online for free, and has held a total of 60 lectures on' interesting traditional Chinese medicine 'and' interesting acupuncture 'in Chinese and English respectively. Since January this year, Ontario College of traditional Chinese medicine has produced a multilingual series of short videos on' traditional Chinese medicine Canada ', which systematically introduces the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Canada, At the end of each month, Chinese and English audio and video will be launched, including subtitle translation videos in French, German, Korean and Hungarian. " At the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, acupuncture has become one of the top 15 popular courses in the university after only three years. "There is a 'wind of acupuncture and Moxibustion' on campus, and students have high enthusiasm for learning acupuncture and moxibustion." According to huzijing, an acupuncture teacher and doctoral tutor of the University, the University of Johannesburg is currently the only university in South Africa that offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in acupuncture and moxibustion. Before the first class in 2020, more than 1000 students took acupuncture related majors, and only 45 were admitted. In 2022, the enrollment quota was expanded to 58, but more than 7000 people applied, and the competition became increasingly fierce. Next to the bustling banhof street in Zurich, Switzerland, as soon as the "Mahalanobis Chinese medical clinic" opened, the patients who made an appointment came to the door one after another for consultation. Ma Bin, the head of the clinic, said that about 90% of the patients were Swiss natives. Switzerland has a high acceptance of alternative therapy and homeopathy, including traditional Chinese medicine, and integrated medicine is quite popular here. Switzerland is one of the first developed countries to legislate for traditional Chinese medicine. Generally speaking, the laws here are relatively sound and the development of traditional Chinese medicine is relatively healthy. There are more than 200 TCM clinics in Zurich alone. In ludiana, Punjab, northwest India, the kodiva acupuncture Charity Hospital is regarded by local people as a symbol of China India friendship. In more than half a century since acupuncture and moxibustion was officially introduced into India, this hospital has gradually developed from a small clinic that no one cares about to a regular hospital with more than 200 doctors and 39 acupuncture beds, and nearly 2000 patients receive acupuncture and moxibustion treatment every year. Thanks to the influence of kedihua acupuncture Charity Hospital, the Indian government recognized acupuncture as a medical method through an executive order in 2003. In 2019, the Ministry of health and family welfare of India officially issued a decree recognizing acupuncture as an independent therapeutic system. Upholding integrity and innovating to break cultural barriers Talking about the main reason why Chinese medicine can be recognized overseas, overseas Chinese doctors interviewed by this newspaper agreed that it is curative effect. There is a Beijing Tongrentang store in Stockholm, Sweden. Almost every day, many patients from other European countries come here to receive traditional Chinese medicine treatment. "In European and American countries, after people get sick, they will first find a family doctor for western medicine diagnosis and treatment of medical insurance payment. Only when western medicine looks bad will they turn to try traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, most patients who go to traditional Chinese medicine clinics are difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Good clinical efficacy is the main reason why patients accept and trust traditional Chinese medicine." Wang Zefeng, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor at the clinic, said that acupuncture, cupping, massage, decoction pieces and other diagnostic and therapeutic methods not only have significant curative effects, but also have relatively few side effects. "In South Africa, graduates of relevant majors can be directly registered as acupuncturists. In recent years, the number of people learning acupuncture has increased day by day. Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncturists are increasingly 'professionalized', which can not only increase employment, but also improve the level of local medical services." Hu Zijing said that many parts of Africa are facing the dilemma of lack of medical treatment and expensive medical expenses. Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture provide new choices for local people by virtue of their unique advantages of "simplicity, convenience, cheapness and experience". Chinese medicine can take root overseas thanks to the open and inclusive policies of some countries. "Switzerland has opened more than a dozen schools of traditional Chinese medicine and trained a large number of local traditional Chinese medicine doctors. These local traditional Chinese medicine doctors are called 'European traditional Chinese medicine'. Local Western doctors are also very enthusiastic about traditional Chinese medicine, and more and more doctors use acupuncture, because the acupuncture treatment of Western doctors is included in the basic medical insurance, which can be paid in full." According to Ma Bin, on May 1st, 2017, the Swiss federal government decided to treat four complementary and alternative therapies, including traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy, on the same footing as academic medicine (i.e. Western Medicine), and continue to implement the reimbursement policy of basic medical insurance, provided that doctors performing traditional Chinese medicine must be professionally certified. At present, traditional Chinese medicine in Switzerland can be divided into two categories: one is to learn traditional Chinese medicine after having the qualification of Western medicine, and the other is a variety of non western traditional Chinese medicine therapists. The difference between the two is that the traditional Chinese medicine treatment carried out by the former is included in the basic medical insurance, while the traditional Chinese medicine treatment carried out by the latter after being certified is paid by the additional commercial insurance. In order to make more local people accept traditional Chinese medicine, overseas traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have adopted various methods to introduce the concept and culture of traditional Chinese medicine and strive to break the cultural barrier. "The meridians and collaterals of the human body are like highways. The acupoints are crisscross intersections, and the driving cars represent Qi and blood. If there is a traffic jam and the waiting vehicles stagnate, it will cause poor traffic operation, and so is the human body." In class, Hu Zijing explained the mystery of meridian diagnosis to the students with the help of the local city map. Bao Kexin, President of the California Association of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncturists, has 46 years of clinical, teaching and scientific research experience in the fields of acupuncture, massage, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine psychology and neurobehavioral science, and has been committed to promoting the legislation of traditional Chinese medicine in the United States. "Clinical diagnosis and treatment can make patients intuitively feel the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine. Scientific research can promote the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine and let medical colleagues know the latest progress of traditional Chinese medicine research. Promoting legislation can remove obstacles for the greater development of traditional Chinese medicine in the United States." Bao Kexin said. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is broad and profound. If you want to learn and understand it, it will not take a day. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine doctors must work for a long time and constantly strengthen learning and communication. The agenda of the third academic conference and annual academic meeting of the European Federation of alumni of traditional Chinese medicine, the American Society of acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine · feasibility seminar for overseas traditional Chinese medicine teachers... When encountering important academic seminars on traditional Chinese medicine, Ma Bin will definitely take the time to participate, "listen to the experience sharing of traditional Chinese medicine peers in various countries, and benefit a lot every time". Recently, Wu Binjiang was busy before and after promoting the exchange of traditional Chinese medicine circles at home and abroad: he participated in the writing of the book "a collection of overseas experience in the diagnosis and treatment of covid-19 in traditional Chinese medicine" organized and planned by the all European Federation of traditional Chinese medicine experts; Prepare for the 9th "2022 Canadian academic conference on continuing education of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture" hosted by the end of August this year; It is planned to invite top Chinese medicine experts and scholars to form a 30 member lecturer group in the special lectures on "senior Chinese medicine course" and "progress of clinical research of Chinese medicine" held this autumn Carry forward and benefit more people The report of the World Health Organization expert evaluation meeting on the treatment of covid-19 with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) recently released by the World Health Organization (who) clearly affirmed the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of COVID-19, and encouraged who members to consider the possibility of using traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of COVID-19 within their health care system and regulatory framework. "I feel excited!" Wu Binjiang said that this is not only a blessing for patients with COVID-19 in the world, but also a great benefit to further promote traditional Chinese medicine to the world. The symptoms of the sequelae of COVID-19 are different due to individual differences. Traditional Chinese medicine can give play to the advantages of syndrome differentiation and treatment in clinic, and adopt the combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Chinese medicine has broad prospects for overseas development, but it still faces many bottlenecks. "The legislation of traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is not perfect and unreasonable, which is the biggest obstacle to the development of traditional Chinese medicine in the local area. Traditional Chinese medicine in the United States also belongs to the category of alternative medicine, and is not covered by federal medical insurance. Acupuncturists are not legally recognized doctors in most states of the United States. Many traditional Chinese medicine are banned in the United States. How to make acupuncturists become doctors, traditional Chinese medicine become orthodox medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine become legal medicine through legislation and education Things are the direction that American traditional Chinese medicine doctors need to work for a long time. " Bao Kexin said. "At present, there are 216 Chinese medicine and acupuncture doctors legally registered in South Africa, including about 50 acupuncture doctors. There are few high-level Chinese medicine and acupuncture experts who can skillfully use English, and the shortage of teachers also limits the cultivation of talents. Due to the restrictions of funds and conditions, students have less opportunities for clinical practice, and it is difficult to carry out high-level scientific research." However, Hu Zijing is still full of confidence in the development of traditional Chinese medicine. He believes that with the "acupuncture fever" heating up and the continuous improvement of overseas Chinese medicine legislation, Chinese medicine will certainly provide more healthy choices for overseas people. "In Sweden, the working environment of traditional Chinese medicine is relatively loose, but it also leads to the uneven quality of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. There are more and more local people engaged in traditional Chinese medicine, but the ability to read traditional Chinese Medicine Classics needs to be improved. The translation of traditional Chinese medicine classics also needs to be supplemented and improved. And many Chinese traditional Chinese medicine practitioners face the obstacles of local language." Wang Zefeng said, "forging iron still needs to be hard. Overseas Chinese doctors of traditional Chinese medicine should constantly strengthen their skills and theoretical learning, and polish the signboard of traditional Chinese medicine with exquisite medical skills and easy to understand language." "In terms of cross-cultural exchanges, because the technical background of traditional Chinese medicine is contained in the epistemology with unique oriental characteristics, and under the background of the dominant western modern science,