Status and suggestions of TCM development in Mexico / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Mexico has close economic cooperation with China, which boosts with rich herbal medicine resources. Its traditional medicine share great similarity with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in both theory and form. Some of its traditional medicine and Chinese herbal medicine are the same in practice. The Mexico government pays great attention to the higher education of traditional medicine, and people are easy to accept traditional medicine treatment. The development of acupuncture and moxibustion in Mexico is good. Thus, to develop the service trade of TCM in Mexico has obvious advantages. At present, the local laws and regulations on TCM are not perfect. There are some problems in the development of TCM service trade, such as the lack of cross-border delivery platform, the small scale of business, and the weak attraction of natural person flow. Based on the concept of global health governance, this paper puts forward some measures to promote the development of TCM in Mexico, such as developing industrial chain or relying on overseas traditional medicine center.