Fourth national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources and protection of traditional knowledge of medication use among ethnic minorities.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20250216.101
- Author:
Jiang-Wei DU
1
;
Xiao-Bo ZHANG
2
;
Jian-Zhi CUI
3
;
Shao-Hua YANG
4
;
Hai-Tao LI
5
;
Zhi-Yong LI
6
;
Lu-Qi HUANG
7
Author Information
1. College of Ethnic Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine Kunming 650500, China Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
2. National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
3. Basic Medical College, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine Jinzhong 030619, China.
4. Institute of Alpine Economics and Botany, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lijiang 674100, China.
5. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Southern Medicinal Resources, Yunnan Branch Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Jinghong 666100, China.
6. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
7. China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ethnic medicine;
national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources;
traditional knowledge
- MeSH:
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
China/ethnology*;
Minority Groups;
Ethnicity;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*;
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice/ethnology*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2025;50(9):2349-2355
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) resources are the essential material foundation for the development of TCM. The national survey of TCM resources serves as a periodic summary of these resources, ensuring the continuity, prosperity, and development of TCM in China. Since 1949, four national surveys of TCM resources have been conducted. The fourth survey incorporated an investigation into traditional knowledge related to TCM resources, including the traditional medicinal knowledge of Chinese ethnic minorities, with the goal of systematically exploring, preserving, and inheriting this knowledge. This manuscript provides an overview of the basic findings from the first three national surveys of TCM resources, while also clarifying the concepts, categories, forms, carriers, and acquisition pathways of traditional knowledge related to TCM resources. A preliminary summary of the findings from traditional knowledge investigations reported in current literature is also presented. Based on the fourth survey, this manuscript emphasizes the urgency of developing public medical knowledge through empirically-based investigations, the excavation, and compilation of traditional knowledge. It also outlines the potential for conducting "precise" investigations based on first-hand data obtained from the survey, as well as facilitating the discovery and evaluation of new medicines using traditional knowledge related to ethnic minority medicinal practices. This manuscript is expected to provide valuable insights for promoting the health and industrial development of ethnic minority populations in the post-"survey" phase.
