TCM: Taiwan

1. In 1958 the China Medical College became a private college

1.1. There goal was “to develop Chinese medical sciences, catch up with modern Western medical sciences

2. In 1966 the Department Chinese Medicine was created

3. Those who want to be treated with Chinese medicine would need to attend a hospital or a clinic of Chinese medicine

3.1. Four methods used to diagnose: inspection, listening, smelling, inquiry, and palpation

4. Most medicinal herbs are imported from mainland China

5. Chinese that migrated to Taiwan bright over their traditional ideas and medicines

5.1. TCM developed rapidly

6. Japan’s rule over Taiwan had a negative effect on the practice of TCM

6.1. Many doctors became unqualified to practice

7. In 1983 it was decided that insurance should be extended to include internal Chinese medicine

7.1. The Chinese medical hospitals government insurance policy was opened to the public in 1990

8. The integration of Chinese and western medicine has been actively promoted

8.1. Doctors of both Chinese and western medicine have the same task: protecting people from disease