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Article: Idea of abolishing traditional Chinese medicine ridiculed
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- October 18, 2006
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Idea of abolishing traditional Chinese medicine ridiculed
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Health and the State
Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) have lambasted
an on-line petition aimed at getting traditional Chinese medicine
withdrawn from the country's healthcare system.
A source with the SATCM said, "The idea of abolishing traditional
Chinese medicine is a denial of science."
Zhang Gongyao, a professor with Central South University, recently
launched an on-line petition calling for the removal of traditional
Chinese medicine from the country's healthcare system. Some netizens
signed their names in support.
However, many more people opposed the ...