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Traditional Chinese medicine

Summary

Traditional Chinese medicine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • Traditional Chinese medicine is a type of traditional medicine[2].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine is a type of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine[3].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine is a type of academic discipline[4].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine is part of traditional Asian medicine[5].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine is part of healing knowledge[6].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine is part of alternative medicine[7].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's Commons category is recorded as Traditional Chinese medicine[8].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's country of origin is recorded as China[9].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine comprises acupuncture and moxibustion[10].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Traditional Chinese medicine[11].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as healthcare:speciality=traditional_chinese_medicine[12].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Traditional Chinese medicine[14].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '中医'}[15].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'TCM'}[16].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'MTC'}[17].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ТКМ'}[18].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'MTC'}[19].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'MCT'}[20].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'TCM'}[21].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'MTC'}[22].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'MTC'}[23].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'ТКМ'}[24].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'GÇT'}[25].
  • Traditional Chinese medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'MTX'}[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include traditional medicine[2], traditional, complementary and integrative medicine[3], and academic discipline[4].

Use and Application

Traditional Chinese medicine comprises acupuncture and moxibustion[10]. Part of include traditional Asian medicine[5], a system of medicine[27]; healing knowledge[6], a field of work[28]; and alternative medicine[7], a field of study[29].

Why It Matters

Traditional Chinese medicine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

China Stéphane Audran Tu Youyou

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000885-cinske-lekarstvi
    Quora topic id → Traditional-Chinese-Medicine
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  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    History of topic → history of traditional Chinese medicine
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    Topic's main category → Category:Traditional Chinese medicine
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