Chinese Medicine Doctor's Day

The modern teachings and healing practices of the PRC are based on a philosophical approach to man as a part of nature and the result of the interaction of yin and yang, as well as ancient treatises on medicines Chinese medicine is represented by acupuncture, moxotherapy, a combination of wushu and qigong gymnastics, phototherapy, dietetics and other areas On August 19, 2017, at the national congress on health and longevity held in Beijing, it was decided to establish a professional holiday in honor of Chinese doctors This is how Chinese Medicine Doctor’s Day appeared, which has been celebrated annually since 2018 Traditional medicine in the Middle Kingdom, in the understanding of Europeans, refers to alternative practices Today there are more than 11 million doctors in the country, but at the end of World War II there were only 10 thousand specialists for a population of 600 million in China The lack of doctors with European education led to the fact that Mao Zedong and the government were forced to issue a decree to popularize the knowledge of ancient traditional medicine Over the course of several years, on the basis of 3-month courses, the “School of Barefoot Doctors” was formed from people with healing abilities Already in the early 1960s, Chinese Medicine Centers based on the use of folk and oriental practices were actively working throughout China According to these ancient teachings, the human body is a single system in which everything is interconnected In a healthy body, there is a balance of yin and yang, the five elements (the elements - water, fire, metal, wood and earth), and qi energy flows freely The goal of treating a patient according to Chinese medicine is to find the cause of the disease, and not to eliminate the symptoms of the disease Restoring the harmony of the body and its integrity is the path to human healing The effectiveness of the use of Chinese medicine in 1973 was highly appreciated by the WHO, which approved the popularization of the methods and achievements of doctors from the PRC Thanks to the Eastern approach to healing, doctors from the Middle Kingdom relieve patients of asthma, stomach ulcers and other diseases recognized as incurable In the USSR, massage, acupuncture and other healing practices began to be introduced in the 50s of the last century The most popular treatments were reflexology, massage and acupuncture Today, traditional Chinese medicine techniques are used to improve the health of people in many countries around the world In China itself, more than 40% of manipulations come from traditional methods of treatment Chinese medicine is famous not only for the effectiveness of its methods, but also for their non-invasiveness and non-traumatic nature The most common are vacuum therapy, qigong gymnastics, healthy eating, moxotherapy (cauterization of active points with a wormwood cigar), acupuncture, and the use of natural medicines World Chinese Medicine Day, which falls on October 11, was established in 2018 at a conference in Italy, which resulted in the Declaration of Rome Despite this, doctors from the CRN have a professional holiday celebrated on August 19th Chinese Medicine Doctor's Day pays tribute to specialists who master ancient Eastern teachings and follow the traditions of treatment using folk methods and practices