traditional Chinese medicine
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English
Noun
traditional Chinese medicine (uncountable)
- The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture, tui na, Daoyin and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; in China (and to an extent elsewhere) still often used in concert with scientific medicine (as complementary medicine).
- Synonyms: Chinese medicine (usually synonymous), Chinese traditional medicine, TCM (initialism)
- Hypernym: traditional medicine
- 2023 January 30, Mei-chu Huang, Jonathan Chin, “Clinic raises money for Ukraine”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 January 2023, Taiwan News, page 3:
- A traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Changhua County has raised NT$555,000 in a two-day campaign drive to buy medical supplies, humanitarian aid materials and an ambulance for war-torn Ukraine.
Translations
medical practices of Chinese culture
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