Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine in South Africa

VernacularTitle:南非中医药发展现状与分析
Author: Nixue ZHANG ; Guoying WU ; P. Teresa SEBEWU ; Ning LIANG ; Han SHI ; Jing ZHAO ; Longhui YANG ; Kakit HUI ; Hongxin CAO
From: International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2021;43(2):118-122
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: South Africa is an ethnically and culturally diverse presidential republic country. The medical and health system consists of public and private medical care. AIDS, lower respiratory infections, neonatal diseases, and interpersonal violence and road injuries are the leading causes of adult death. South Africa has rich herbal resources, and a long history of traditional medicine, which is mainly black African traditional medicine. Until the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Africa in 1998, the development of TCM was significantly improved, and legislation of TCM was adopted by the government in 2000. Chinese herbal medicine has not yet formed industrial standardization, the TCM application and TCM education are insufficient. Therefore, it is suggested to accelerate the standardization of TCM, to strengthen the TCM education for professional TCM practitioners, and to form a large-scale, industrial and standardized development model. Only in these ways can TCM provide good medical services for residents in South African.