A New Approach for International Scientific Cooperation in Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Experience of Cooperation Between China and Mexico

摘要

During the past several decades, the clinical practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and other forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) have increased substantially in both developing and developed countries. In some countries, CAM is used by 80% of the population to fulfill primary health care needs, while, in some other countries, such as Germany and Canada, in the last two decades, about 70%-90% of the populations used CAM.1 Traditional medicine and complementary medicine (T&CM) is widely used around the world and valued for a number of reasons. Regardless of reasons for seeking out T&CM, there is little doubt that interest has grown, and will almost certainly continue to grow, around the world."