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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Lanzhou, March 21 (Xinhua) — As part of the Belt and Road Initiative, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become an important symbol of people-to-people exchanges between China and Central Asian countries. As one of the origins of TCM culture and a key hub along the ancient Silk Road, Gansu Province in northwest China has attracted many young people from Central Asian countries to study TCM.
Since Gansu University of Chinese Medicine began accepting large groups of international students in 2015, it has welcomed over 300 students from more than 10 countries, including Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, at all levels of higher education: undergraduate, graduate and doctoral.
A 27-year-old student from Turkmenistan named Humay is continuing her master's degree after receiving a bachelor's degree in TCM from the aforementioned university. She is studying acupuncture and tuina (manual therapy) in depth.
Humai said that TCM helped alleviate the cervical pain her parents had suffered from for a long time, unlike other treatments that had failed to produce the desired results. It was this personal experience that convinced her to devote herself to studying traditional Chinese medicine.
In her clinical practice, Humai has witnessed cases of facial paralysis and lumbar disc herniation treated with TCM. In her hometown, such conditions were typically considered surgical interventions. She said traditional Chinese medicine treatments are moderate but effective, adding that she wants to bring TCM techniques and its concept of preventative treatment to her homeland.
Humai also stated that there is a shortage of resources and services in the field of traditional Chinese medicine in Turkmenistan, and that she hopes to promote it through her efforts. Every time she visits home, she provides acupuncture sessions to her relatives and friends, and this year she plans to bring her mother, who suffers from a herniated lumbar disc, to Gansu Province for TCM treatment, she said.
A young man from Tajikistan, Bakhtiyori Sanginzoda, will soon complete his undergraduate studies at Gansu University of Chinese Medicine. Initially, he knew almost nothing about the body's acupuncture points, but today he can accurately and confidently insert needles, comfortably treat common ailments such as neck, shoulder, lower back, and leg pain, and also develop treatment plans and wellness programs.
Bakhtiyori Sanginzoda always carries a dictionary of ancient Chinese with him to carefully study ancient works on traditional Chinese medicine. He believes that only through a deep understanding of Chinese history and culture and a good command of the ancient Chinese language can one truly understand the essence of TCM.
He stated that traditional Chinese medicine is very popular in Tajikistan, expressing hope that he will become an “ambassador” spreading the culture of TCM.
Traditional Chinese medicine's concepts of life and health are finding a broad response in the international community, said Liang Zhaoguang, secretary of the Party Committee of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, noting that such international students are not only witnesses to this resonance but also its disseminators, bringing wisdom and strength to the construction of a community with a shared future for humanity in the field of healthcare.
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