When is World Traditional Medicine Day?

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

1991110 In October, state administration of traditional chinese medicine and the World Health Organization jointly held an international conference on traditional medicine. Human health needs traditional medicine. The traditional medicine of all countries in the world is a rare treasure of the international medical community.

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 pre-declared by other countries, state administration of traditional chinese medicine has been planning to declare the world cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine since 2003, and has maintained communication with UNESCO. According to state administration of traditional chinese medicine, at present, the draft of "Chinese medicine declared as a world cultural heritage" has been drafted, and the first step is to declare Chinese medicine as a world intangible cultural heritage.