When is the World Traditional Medicine Day every year?

Traditional Chinese medicine is the crystallization of our national wisdom. In the long history of 5,000 years, Chinese medicine has played an important role and left us with precious wealth of Chinese medicine.

Q: When is the annual World Traditional Medicine Day?

A: Every year, 65438+1October 22nd is the World Traditional Medicine Day.

199 1 12, 12, the representatives of 42 regions and regions unanimously decided to designate the opening day of the International Congress of Traditional Medicine as the annual World Traditional Medicine Day, and10,22 as the annual World Traditional Medicine Day.

On June 5438+099 1, 10, state administration of traditional chinese medicine and the World Health Organization jointly held an international conference on traditional medicine. Human health needs traditional medicine. As the name implies, traditional medicine corresponds to modern medicine, which usually refers to the use of medical experience and technology passed down from history, or refers to medical experience and diagnosis and treatment technology in various historical development stages before modern medicine. The traditional medicine of all countries in the world is a rare treasure of the international medical community. a-277/

With the emergence of toxic side effects of chemicals and the increasing number of drug-induced diseases, the R&D cost in biochemical drugs remains high, and people begin to call for returning to nature, hoping to use natural drugs and green plants for disease treatment and health care. Traditional Chinese medicine in China is one of the main representatives of traditional medicine in the world. Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years, and has been widely used in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other countries. The United States, Europe and other western developed countries have gradually begun to attach importance to Chinese medicine.

In order to prevent the cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine from being declared by others first, since 2003, the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been brewing traditional Chinese medicine to declare the world cultural heritage, and has been maintaining communication with UNESCO. According to the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a draft scheme for applying for world cultural heritage by Chinese medicine has been drafted. The first step is to apply for Chinese medicine as a whole as a world intangible cultural heritage.