Foreigners flocking to China to learn TCM
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Nguyen Viet Ha, a Vietnamese woman, has been studying in China for a decade. She obtained a bachelor鈥檚 degree and then a master鈥檚, and the journey all started with her father鈥檚 dream.
鈥淚t was my father鈥檚 dream to learn traditional Chinese medicine but he is too old to learn the Chinese language, so I came here to carry on his dream,鈥 Nguyen said.
She recently received a master鈥檚 degree in acupuncture and moxibustion from the Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in eastern China. In recent years, more foreigners like Nguyen have shown a growing interest in TCM.
Moxibustion is a TCM therapy that consists of burning moxa sticks, rolled in dried mugwort herb, on particular points of the body as a counterirritant.
However, the treatment of traditional moxibustion is not very effective and it lost popularity in the 20th century, according to Chen Rixin, a professor from the university.
Based on the theory of TCM, Chen led his team to conduct a systematic study on the phenomenon of heat-sensitive moxibustion and made some improvements that increase the effectiveness of the therapy.
Today, the improved method is not only widely used in China, but also attracts foreign researchers and students.
In 2015, the university signed a cooperation agreement with a Portuguese college of traditional medicine establishing the department of heat-sensitive moxibustion. Wider cooperation has been reached with educational institutes in Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Brazil and Argentina.
Since 2015, more than 100 foreign politicians and international friends from more than 20 countries have come to Jiangxi Province to experience the culture of TCM, and moxibustion is a popular choice.
鈥淭he university promotes cooperation with the Belt and Road countries on TCM education, treatment, research and industrial cooperation,鈥 said Yang Changxin, director of the university鈥檚 International Cooperation and Exchange Office.
There are 1,571 international students at the school. Many are studying TCM with Western medicine or local medicine backgrounds and plan to combine both methods after returning home. Erdene-Uul Khulan, a student from Mongolia, is one of them. After studying Mongolian traditional medicine for six years, Khulan studied Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion for three years in Jiangxi.
鈥淒octors in Mongolia also use acupuncture but the 鈥榤agic鈥 technique of heat-sensitive moxibustion is unprecedented,鈥 she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 going to bring this knowledge back and I鈥檓 sure it will help more patients.鈥
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