A milestone in codifying the wisdom of traditional oriental medicine: TCM, Kampo, TKM, TVM-WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-305

  Choi, Seung Hoon ^a   Chang, Il Moo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Oriental medicine; standard terminology; traditional medicine; WHO

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CODING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; JAPANESE MEDICINE; KOREAN MEDICINE; MOXIBUSTION; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIETNAMESE MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953855207     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen083     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Yi YD, Chang IM. An overview of traditional Chinese herbal formulae and a proposal of a new code system for expressing the formula titles. eCAM 2004;1:125-132
2. Chang IM. Initiative for developing evidence-based standardization of traditional Chinese medical therapy in the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization. eCAM 2004;1:337-341