Staff members demonstrate traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) processing skills at the hygiene and health services exhibition during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)
SAO PAULO, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is now increasingly accepted by Latin American people, and can serve as a bridge of mutual understanding between the Chinese and Latin Americans, said experts at the 19th World Congress of Chinese Medicine held from November 26 to 27 in Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil and South America.
The event, organized by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies and undertaken by China-Brazil International Cooperation Base of Chinese Medicine Products, attracted more than 400 professionals in the field.
Themed on "promoting the global development of high quality Chinese medicine, contributing to improving the welfare of the whole world", the academic conference focused on public policies on TCM, the theories of TCM and acupuncture treatment, etc..
Ma Jianzhong, president of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, said that TCM and acupuncture are well received by the Brazilian society, and he hoped that the conference can build a broader platform for the development of TCM in South America.
In Brazil's health system, patients need to wait for several months to treat a minor illness, and the application of TCM can speed up the process while improving treatment for patients. "Chinese medicine is a way to take care of the patients themselves instead of just treating the disease," said Brazilian acupuncturist Paulo Gonzalves.
Gonzalves began studying TCM in Brazil in 2001, and then went to China to continue his studies at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (BUCM) and three Chinese hospitals. After completing studies, he returned to Brazil to promote TCM in the Latin American countries.
Gonzalves said that TCM is gaining popularity among the Brazilian public because of the speed and good results of treatment, and is also promoting cultural exchanges between China and Brazil.
Brazil, with its rich biological and mineral resources, has great potential both in the development of new medicines and production of TCM drugs, Gonzalves said.
"China sets an example of how things can be done with order and that vision has been transferred to medicine," said the trainer of the acupuncture specialty at the National School of Medicine and Homeopathy of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico.
Unique curative effects for the chronic diseases have increased many local Latin American patients' confidence in TCM and acupuncture, said a professional who studied at the BUCM.
TCM has become a new treatment option for many local patients and Latin American people's interest in TCM has increased, which makes Chinese medicine and acupuncture offices a place for cultural exchanges, he said.
(Contributed by Luo Jingjing, edited by Tian Shenyoujia with Xinhua Silk Road, tianshenyoga0524@163.com)
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