Recently, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine announced the implementation plan for the recent key work of folk medicine and proposed that it will highlight the 12 well-organized tasks. Each task details the responsible departments and the completion timetable. The news was sent to allow participation. The representatives and members of the Chinese medicine associations of the two associations rejoiced.

Chong Qing, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy dean of the Mongolian Hospital of Wulan County in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, has special feelings for folk medicine. She has long been working at the grassroots level and she has seen many curative effects against common diseases, frequently-occurring diseases, and miscellaneous diseases. The unique folk medical technology method, but her worry is that these "baby" are in danger of losing their lives. "Many old Mamba" have died, and I am very sad. The rescue of folk medicine can not be delayed for a long time. Lose some treasures in one day."

Ju Juhua said that, for example, Meng Medicine orthopedics does not perform surgery, and it treats people with dislocations and traumatic concussion. It is very popular among the people, but none of the college graduates have this technology. They asked “Mamba” to come. They themselves still have to work. Many do not have a practice license, and they are complicated to handle. The hospital has no funds, and it is difficult to apply for the project of excavating and sorting out folk medicine. This problem has plagued us for many years.

For a long time, no one has managed folk medicine and no one has asked, “there is nowhere to serve the country” and even the succession has become a problem. The introduction of the implementation plan of the recent key work of folk medicine has paved the way for the development of folk medicine, and the “pearls” scattered everywhere can finally be worn in a string.

The implementation plan for the recent key work announced this time clearly clarified the “hand in hand” in terms of excavation, and proposed that before the end of June 2012, relying on China’s TCM science and technology development and exchange center and some provinces with better basic conditions to build a number of national TCM Featured technology and prescription screening center. Before the end of October 2012, at least 16 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) were promoted to build 16 provincial-level Chinese medicine special techniques and prescription screening centers relying on the national TCM clinical research base.

In response to the issue of “nothing to report to the country” for folk medicine, it is proposed that the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine will issue the Measures for the Administration of Acceptance of Unpaid Chinese Medicines (Trial) before the end of August 2012. Encourage the participation of social forces and capital, adopt multi-channel financing to establish funds, and develop traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment techniques, single secret prescriptions and devices as Chinese medicine appropriate technologies, hospital traditional Chinese medicine preparations, new Chinese medicines, and Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment equipment until the end of 2012. Before the establishment of at least one fund.

Encourage TCM medical institutions, especially those specialized in Chinese medicine at or above the provincial level, to combine their specialties and strengths, and to incorporate safe and effective folk medicine techniques, methods, prescriptions and devices into this specialist or Chinese medicine dominant disease treatment program. At the same time, it will coordinate and work with relevant departments to further improve the standards for patent examination of traditional Chinese medicine, gradually establish a system related to the protection of traditional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, study and formulate a directory of protection of traditional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, and further strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the intellectual property rights of folk medicine.

In terms of personnel management, we will strive to complete the basic structure of the national personnel medical information technology database and the folk information technology database by the end of 2012. Encourage and guide the personnel who have mastered the folk medical technology and methods to obtain qualifications for the qualification examination for practicing doctors in Chinese medicine by participating in the appraisal of the apprenticeship and the expertise in appraisal. We will promote the qualifications of non-governmental personnel with expertise in Chinese medicine into the management of rural doctors through assessment and evaluation. The pilot explores those who will master the skills of folk medicine and health care, but who have not obtained the qualifications of doctors of Chinese medicine or rural doctors to participate in the preventive medicine services of traditional Chinese medicine by participating in the occupational skill appraisal of traditional Chinese medicine.

It is understood that the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued opinions on strengthening the work of folk medicine in 2011. However, at present, the importance of excavation and selection and evaluation of folk medicine is not enough. Intellectual property rights holders of folk medicine have not been well protected. The policies related to donation of folk medicine are not in place and the channels are not smooth enough.