Traditional Medicine in China, Korea, and Japan: A Brief Introduction and Comparison

Background and Purpose. Traditional medicine (TM) has been widely used in China (including the Taiwan region), Korea, and Japan. The purposes of this paper are to summarize the basic data on TM systems in these three countries and to compare them in terms of overall policy, education, and insurance....

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Main Authors: Hye-Lim Park, Hun-Soo Lee, Byung-Cheul Shin, Jian-Ping Liu, Qinghua Shang, Hitoshi Yamashita, Byungmook Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/429103