The model of regulations on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Taiwan is often categorized as “equalization” or “non-discriminatory,” though in reality the TCM practice is unequally regulated or even marginalized. The thesis of this Article is that medical licensing law in Taiwan played a major role in marginalizing TCM in the medical system and thus delayed the acceptance of TCM by orthodox...

Department of Applied Economics, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. Department of Finance, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. Department of Economics, Emory University d Department of Quantitative Finance,National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan e Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. f Tinbergen Institute, The Nethe...

1 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China, 2 Department of Postgraduate, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China, 3 Science and Technology College, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China, 4 Editorial Department, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Chin...

Background This paper aims to investigate the development trend of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals in China and explore their medical service innovations, with special reference to the changing co-existence with western medicine (WM) at TCM hospitals.   Methods Quantitative data at macro level was collected from official databases of China Health Statistical Yearbook and Extracts o...

The rootes of Chinese sage, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (labieteae) are used to prepare an important traditional medicine in the Chinese pharmacoepia, Dan Shen. Indeed, related members of this genus are common traditional medicines throughout the world, making Salvia species the targets of intense phytochemical investigations. The active constituents of these species have been reported to be seve...

The rootes of Chinese sage, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (labieteae) are used to prepare an important traditional medicine in the Chinese pharmacoepia, Dan Shen. Indeed, related members of this genus are common traditional medicines throughout the world, making Salvia species the targets of intense phytochemical investigations. The active constituents of these species have been reported to be seve...