Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Egypt
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20200921-00004
- VernacularTitle:埃及中医药发展现状与分析
- Author:
Mingzhao HAO
;
Yingying DANG
;
Alsayed AHMED
;
Jingjing WEI
;
Yizhi DONG
;
Haoyue LI
;
Han SHI
;
Jing ZHAO
;
Kakit HUI
;
Hongxin CAO
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2021;43(2):109-113
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Egypt’s medical insurance is mainly covered by government and commercial insurance. The low coverage of commercial insurance and the quality of medical services needs more improvement in Egypt. Recently, the incidence rate of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, hypertensive heart disease, COPD and liver cancer is rising. Traditional Egyptian medicine is similar to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and its modern traditional medicine is mainly Arabian medicine. Acupuncture, as the main form of TCM, was introduced into Egypt in the 1970s, but it has not been covered by the medical insurance system. The development of TCM in Egypt needs improvement. It is suggested that further explorated fields should be focused on the acupuncture therapy, TCM education and TCM treatment of keeping health in Egypt.
