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Leading experts discuss prospects of Chinese medicine in Barcelona

Xinhua, September 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Leading experts of Chinese Medicine gathered here from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26 to discuss the future and prospects of the sector on the occasion of the 12th World Congress of Chinese Medicine (WCCM) which wrapped up on Saturday.

Around 1,000 experts and leading figures from 35 different countries discussed these days the techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, Kampo (the practice of Chinese Herbal medicine in Japan) or Korean traditional medicine, among others.

According to the President of the Preparatory Committee, Ramon Calduch, the WCCM aimed to address "the current state and future prospects" from a perspective of integration of the oriental medicines derived from ancient Chinese medicine and the Western medicine, "for the benefit of human kind".

Experts discussed the last research and the impact of different treatments on blood pressure, beauty, posttraumatic stress disorder or depression, among others, such as the benefits of acupuncture on health.

The Congress also addressed the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Spanish Language countries with several talks that touched on the research carried out in Latin America countries and Spain.

According to organizers, Chinese medicine is one of the most practiced in the world among traditional techniques used on health issues due to its effectiveness, and in Europe the number of people using it is growing.

Nowadays, there are more than 120,000 traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners and acupuncturists, while European patients following this type of medicine has surpassed five million per year, they said.

In the case of Spain, the country is one of the first in Europe to promote Chinese Medicine, its education and healthcare.

In the south of Europe (Spain, Italy and Portugal) the development of Chinese medicine is at an advanced level taking into account the large number of practitioners, education and training institutions as well as clinics and research institutions.

The Congress is organized by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies in collaboration with the European Foundation of Chinese Traditional Medicine.

They expect this Congress to be "a benchmark in terms of the current situation and future prospects of the various medicines derived from ancient Chinese medicine". Endit