Why doesn't Chinese medicine include the medical skills of ethnic minorities? Why is TCM also called TCM?

Because Chinese medicine is a medical skill created by Han people, it does not include the medical skills of ethnic minorities. The medical skills of ethnic minorities in China are mainly traditional Chinese medicine. The medical skills of ethnic minorities can be said to be local medicine except that some cases are included in Chinese medicine.

First of all, briefly introduce Chinese medicine.

Chinese medicine has a very long history in China, and it has been like Chinese medicine in primitive society. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the basic theory of TCM was developed by doctors in various dynasties, so China's theoretical system of TCM culture can be said to be very perfect. Traditional Chinese medicine is a medical system with materialism and dialectics as the ideological guidance, practice as the truth, and human organs as the yin-yang and five elements. Traditional Chinese medicine divides people's physical condition into three parts: qi, shape and spirit, and it is medicine based on these theories. China's traditional medical culture has enjoyed a high reputation abroad since the Tang Dynasty.

Second, the famous traditional Chinese medicine in China.

Hua Tuo was a Chinese medicine practitioner in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He, Dong Feng and Zhang Zhongjing are also known as Jian 'an Three Magical Doctors, and he is also known as a master surgeon. He is basically omnipotent in medicine, regardless of internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, acupuncture and other medicine, especially good at surgery. Bian Que was a famous imperial doctor during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is said that he can come back to life. When he was in Lu, he saved the prince who was thought to be dead.

Third, the main treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine.

There are mainly four kinds of Chinese medicine treatment: Chinese medicine, acupuncture therapy, cupping and four diagnosis. Chinese medicine is mainly herbal medicine, and there are herbs for all kinds of symptoms. Acupuncture therapy is to treat acupoints of the human body, and cupping is to promote local congestion of the body to treat diseases. The four diagnostic procedures are divided into four steps: examination, outpatient service, inquiry and pulse diagnosis. There are four medical classics in Chinese medicine, and most Chinese medical skills rely on them. These four classics are Huangdi Neijing, Difficult Classic, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Shennong Herbal Classic.