traditional Chinese medicine
alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China
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Summary
traditional Chinese medicine ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,895 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: traditional medicine[2], traditional, complementary and integrative medicine[3], academic discipline[4]
- Part of: traditional Asian medicine[5], healing knowledge[6], alternative medicine[7]
- Commons category: Traditional Chinese medicine[8]
- Country of origin: China[9]
- Has part(s): acupuncture and moxibustion[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Traditional Chinese medicine[11]
- OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=traditional_chinese_medicine[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Traditional Chinese medicine[14]
- Short name: 中医[15], TCM[16], MTC[17], ТКМ[18], MCT[19], GÇT[20], MTX[21]
- History of topic: history of traditional Chinese medicine[22]
- Practiced by: Chinese medicine practitioner[23]
- Wikimedia import URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine[24]
- WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/traditional_chinese_medicine[25]
- P14541: 3PWnR[26]
Why It Matters
traditional Chinese medicine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]