%0 Journal Article
%T Attention Points of Research and Education in TCMP across Taiwan Strait and Recommendations for Future Research and Development of TCM in China Mainland Especially Fujian and Taiwan
%A Shengyan Xi
%A Yanhui Wang
%A Yaochen Chuang
%A Linchao Qian
%A Xiaoyan Qian
%A Pengcheng Li
%A Dawei Lu
%J Chinese Medicine
%P 41-51
%@ 2151-1926
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/cm.2013.42008
%X <p align=\"justify\">
	<b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> China mainland and Taiwan are separated by the Taiwan Strait, but their land edges are close to each other, blood relationship is very compact, and the origin is profound, the communication of Traditional </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Chinese Medicine (T</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">CM</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">)</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> between China mainland especially Fujian and Taiwan district is more and more frequent. From the actuality and situation of traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy (TCMP), the objective of this study was to briefly expound the points to which attention should be attached urgently in education, research and development of TCM between China mainland especially between Fujian and Taiwan, and </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">be </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">provide with several resolving threads and recommend</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dations to aim directly at the attention points, and wish it can offer some assistance to the development and generaliz</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tion of the cross-Strait TCMP. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods: </span></b><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">China Statistical Yearbook of Chinese Medicine</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (1987-2010), the </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Year</span></i></span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">book of Public Health</span></i><span> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of Taiwan</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (2009), the full-text data base of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) (1993-2009), provides information on research and education in TCMP acrossTaiwan Straitin the last 10 years. The methods of analysis and comparison are applied in this study to show the TCMP situation betweenTaiwanandChinamainland. </span></span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Result: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Due to the differences in history, district, policy and legislation, the TCMP¡¯s industry and trade, education, research and exploitation, standard and so on, have lots of differences betweenTaiwanandChinamainland, and many barriers are produced in the communication and cooperation of cross-Strait
%K Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy (TCMP)
%K Traditional Chinese Drug
%K Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
%K Chinese Herbal Medicine
%K Research and Development (R&amp
%K D)
%K China Mainland
%K Fujian and Taiwan District
%K Recommendation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=33022