Status of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Greece and its Approach on COVID-19 Pandemic

Although acupuncture was first introduced to Greece in about 1938, it was not until 1973 that an institution was created to teach it, where its study was limited to medical doctors (MDs). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was not taught to non-MDs until 2004. Even today, TCM has not been integrated...

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Autores principales: Constantinos, Grivas, Anna, Hatzopoulou, Dimitrios, Kaparianos, Taxiarchis, Panagiotaras, Vasiliki, Tzoumerka
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Special Section on Epidemic Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9009852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37641664
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/CMAC.CMAC_16_21
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author Constantinos, Grivas
Anna, Hatzopoulou
Dimitrios, Kaparianos
Taxiarchis, Panagiotaras
Vasiliki, Tzoumerka
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description Although acupuncture was first introduced to Greece in about 1938, it was not until 1973 that an institution was created to teach it, where its study was limited to medical doctors (MDs). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was not taught to non-MDs until 2004. Even today, TCM has not been integrated into the Greek health system, and in a few exceptions, TCM was mainly associated with pain management. A few private schools teach TCM theory and practice in the fields of acupuncture, moxibustion, herbology, gua sha, and tui na (Chinese massage). This study examines the use of Chinese single herbs and formulas for prevention or treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, as well as issues with the availability of Chinese herbs and proposals for substitutes from the traditional Greek medicine point of view.
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spelling pubmed-90098522022-04-15 Status of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Greece and its Approach on COVID-19 Pandemic Constantinos, Grivas Anna, Hatzopoulou Dimitrios, Kaparianos Taxiarchis, Panagiotaras Vasiliki, Tzoumerka Chinese Medicine and Culture Special Section on Epidemic Diseases Although acupuncture was first introduced to Greece in about 1938, it was not until 1973 that an institution was created to teach it, where its study was limited to medical doctors (MDs). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was not taught to non-MDs until 2004. Even today, TCM has not been integrated into the Greek health system, and in a few exceptions, TCM was mainly associated with pain management. A few private schools teach TCM theory and practice in the fields of acupuncture, moxibustion, herbology, gua sha, and tui na (Chinese massage). This study examines the use of Chinese single herbs and formulas for prevention or treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, as well as issues with the availability of Chinese herbs and proposals for substitutes from the traditional Greek medicine point of view. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-04 2021-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9009852/ /pubmed/37641664 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/CMAC.CMAC_16_21 Text en © 2021 Chinese Medicine and Culture | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.
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