Development of the traditional medicine discourse as one of the ways to promote Chinese culture abroad

The article is devoted to the development of traditional Chinese medicine in modern China as one of the main directions of culture. The author examines the formation of the modern status of traditional medicine, its popularity, effectiveness in the fight against coronavirus. Much attention in this article is also paid to the creation of such a scientific discipline as the discourse of traditional medicine, within which terminological bases should be systematized, as well as a system for teaching Chinese medicine in foreign languages, in particular in Russian, should be formed.