Traditional Chinese Medicine in Malaysia

A Brief Historical Overview of the Associations

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ID22353693
AuthorsHon Foong Wong (0000-0003-1711-1228, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Shih Chau Ng (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Wen Tan (0000-0002-9553-2848, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Wen Tien Tan (International Education College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China), Huiying Wang (0000-0002-8006-7429, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Xun Lin (0000-0002-7538-6337, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Si Woei Goh (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Bao Ling Hoo (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Chyong En Chai (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Jun Liu (0000-0001-5393-3187, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume2
Issue2
Pages66-68
Publication date2019-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChinese Medicine and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2589-9627 • E-ISSN: 2589-9473
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4103/cmac.cmac_20_19
OpenAlexW4256667240
LanguageEN
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The increasing number of TCM practitioners and herbal suppliers, both of which accelerated by the formation of various TCM institutions, substantiated the creation of regional traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) associations in post-World War II Malaya. In response to the restrictions and levies imposed by the British colonial government, these regional associations united and formed a national organisation now known as the Federation of Chinese Physicians and Medicine Dealers Association of Malaya (FCPMDAM). The current designated TCM practitioner body, the Malaysian Chinese Medical Association (MCMA) were also originally established to nurture local talents in the face of import restrictions. Owing to difference with MCMA, a separate association named the Federation of Chinese Physicians and Acupuncturists Associations of Malaysia (FCPAAM) was setup in 2003 to absorb self-studied and patrimonial-educated TCM practitioners

Alternative medicine · Colonialism · Family medicine · Political science · Traditional Chinese medicine · Traditional medicine · Ginger and Zingiberaceae research · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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