Internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine: current international market, internationalization challenges and prospective suggestions

• Main Authors: Annie Xianghong Lin (Author), Ging Chan (Author), Yuanjia Hu (Author), Defang Ouyang (Author), Carolina Oi Lam Ung (Author), Luwen Shi (Author), Hao Hu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Through reviewing the current international market for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), this paper identified the internationalization challenges for TCM, including unclear therapeutic material basis and mechanism, difficulty of quality control, low preparation level, registration/policy...