中医西传
中医药是中华优秀传统文化和中国古代科技的杰出代表，也是世界人民共享的财富。中医药传入周边的朝鲜半岛与日本的历史可追溯到公元5世纪之前。唐代以后，中医逐渐传入阿拉伯世界乃至更远的欧洲。地理大发现为中西医学交流提供了更充分的条件。17世纪以后，来华传教士开始系统地将中医药知识引入欧洲，其中波兰传教士卜弥格的贡献格外突出。他首先向西方介绍了中医元典《黄帝内经》和中国的脉诊技术，并对中西医进行了最初的比较研究。
如今，中医药已传播到全球196个国家和地区，得到世界人民广泛接受与认可，世界卫生组织已有113个成员国认可使用针灸。西方国家中最受欢迎的中医药技术是针灸、推拿和正骨。中国的针灸疗法也直接启发了西方针刺疗法。在北美地区，理疗师们越来越多地使用干针疗法缓解关节和肌肉疼痛，进一步促进了中医技艺的海外传播。
Westward spread of traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of the best representations of China's traditional culture and advanced ancient science and technology. It is a treasure shared by all humanity.
The spread of TCM to the Korean Peninsula and Japan dates back to the 5th century. It was introduced to the Arabian world and further to Europe after the Tang Dynasty. During the Age of Discovery from the 15th century to the 17th century, better conditions were created for the exchanges between the Chinese and the Western medicines. After the 17th century, the missionaries coming to China began to systematically introducing Chinese medicine knowledge into Europe. The Polish Jesuit missionary Michel Boym (1612-1659) was the first to introduce to Europe China's Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine), the earliest extant Chinese work on medicine, and pulse taking, a diagnostic method of the Chinese medical practitioners. He also made a comparative study of the Chinese and the Western medicines.
Today, TCM has gained greater global acceptance and recognition, reaching 196 countries and regions, and acupuncture is employed in medical treatment in 113 of the World Health Organization member states. Acupuncture, massage, and bone setting are the most popular forms of Chinese treatment in the West. The Chinese acupuncture has also inspired the Western nerve stimulation. In North America, therapists are increasingly using dry needling to relieve joint and muscle pain, and this has led to a wider spread of the Chinese medical skills.
