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Medicine, Chinese Traditional MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Tree Number(s)
E02.190.488.585.520
I01.076.201.450.654.558.520
Unique ID
D008516
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008516
Annotation
not for medicine in China (= MEDICINE + CHINA); medicinal plants in Chinese medicine: consider DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; index bianzheng shizhi (differentiation of signs & symptoms) under MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL (IM) + DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL (IM); taking of pulse in traditional Chinese medicine = TRADITIONAL PULSE DIAGNOSIS
Scope Note
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the Chinese culture.
Entry Version
MED CHINESE TRADITIONAL
Entry Term(s)
Chinese Medicine, Traditional
Chinese Traditional Medicine
Chung I Hsueh
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Medicine, Chinese
Traditional Tongue Assessment
Traditional Tongue Diagnosis
Zhong Yi Xue
See Also
Acupuncture Therapy
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
Yang Deficiency
Yin Deficiency
Public MeSH Note
88; was see under MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL 1984-87; was MEDICINE, CHINESE see under MEDICINE, ORIENTAL 1981-83; was CHINESE MEDICINE see under MEDICINE, ORIENTAL 1967-80
Online Note
to search MEDICINE, CHINESE & CHINESE MEDICINE use MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL 1975-83 & MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL 1967-74
History Note
88(84); was see under MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL 1984-87; was MEDICINE, CHINESE see under MEDICINE, ORIENTAL 1981-83; was CHINESE MEDICINE see under MEDICINE, ORIENTAL 1967-80
Date Established
1988/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2018/06/29
Medicine, Chinese Traditional Preferred
Traditional Tongue Diagnosis Related
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