Cultural anthropology of traditional Chinese medicine
- Author:
Xia WAN
;
Jianping LIU
;
Yanke AI
;
Liuji LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2008;6(7):674-7
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Biological, psychological and sociological model of medicine substantializes the old model lacking the social humane attributes. The new medical model makes people take medical anthropology into research and highly evaluate traditional medical system. Cultural anthropology of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is part of medical anthropology with three major characteristics: wide research scope, specificity, and integration. It has developed its own research methods, such as field investigation, comprehensive inspection and comparison study. Cultural anthropology provides an efficient research method for TCM, and its application would further develop TCM theory and form comprehensive evaluation on TCM effects.
