China News Service, Guiyang, March 2 (Zhou Yanling) "As a special medical technology, acupuncture requires strict and standardized standards to protect the safety and rights of patients." Representative of the National People's Congress, Acupuncture of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Yang Shuo, director of the Rehabilitation Department, said in a recent interview that it is necessary to further strengthen the construction of acupuncture medical quality control centers and promote the systematic development of acupuncture.
Yang Shuo, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, provides acupuncture treatment to the patient.
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It is recorded in the "Huangdi Nei Jing" that "as soon as a needle is inserted, the pain rises". As an important part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has played an important role in the history of Chinese medicine.
In 2010, TCM acupuncture was included in the "Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage" and has become an important part of world medicine.
As the disease spectrum of acupuncture continues to expand, acupuncture can currently treat up to 532 types of diseases, mainly involving neurological diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, etc.
As a medical worker who has been rooted in the field of traditional Chinese medicine for 20 years, Yang Shuo believes that the high-quality development of acupuncture clinical applications requires strengthening the construction of acupuncture medical quality control centers, further standardizing acupuncture diagnosis and treatment practices, and promoting the establishment and improvement of acupuncture quality control systems. Better unify the standard system for acupuncture quality.
Yang Shuo (middle), deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, provides traditional Chinese medicine treatment to patients.
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Yang Shuo suggested exploring a mechanism for acupuncture doctors to participate in consultations and promoting the standardization of acupuncture clinical diagnosis and treatment. The acupuncture teams of various Western hospitals, traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and hospitals of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine should take the lead, with the cooperation of the Provincial Acupuncture Society and the Acupuncture Quality Control Center. After evaluation by the physician in charge, it was deemed that Those who need acupuncture treatment must seek consultation from the acupuncture department of the hospital, and the acupuncture specialist will conduct diagnosis and treatment. The hospital's clinical acupuncture operation standards should be strengthened to ensure patient safety and efficacy.
In 2022, acupuncture will be officially listed as a first-level discipline to meet the needs of acupuncture discipline construction, talent training, and the construction of a healthy China.
Yang Shuo believes that under this situation, it is necessary to continuously improve the clinical teaching base structure and work system to ensure the educational and teaching effects of acupuncture master's rotation trainees, trainees, and interns, and to continuously improve the training quality and work ability of acupuncture professional medical students. .
"Establishing an acupuncture hospital or a hospital-in-hospital embodies the trinity of medical teaching and research, and promotes the professionalization of acupuncture technology." Yang Shuo also suggested that acupuncture be promoted to participate in the function of prevention before disease occurs at the grassroots level, focusing on people with frequent and high-risk occupational diseases, and strengthening acupuncture and physiotherapy to focus on key areas Inclusive promotion to the crowd.
In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has received more and more attention and recognition overseas. Traditional Chinese medicine has spread to 196 countries and regions around the world, and traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture has become the "vanguard" of traditional Chinese medicine going global.
According to statistics from the World Health Organization, 113 WHO member states recognize acupuncture and other traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment methods, and 29 member states have formulated relevant laws and regulations for the standardized use of traditional Chinese medicine.
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