The registration and classification of traditional Chinese medicine includes innovative traditional Chinese medicine, improved new traditional Chinese medicine, ancient classic Chinese medicine compound preparation and medicine with the same name. The research and development of new Chinese medicine should be combined with the registration and classification of Chinese medicine, and the research and development path or model that conforms to its characteristics should be selected according to the variety situation.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) refers to a comprehensive science that focuses on the theory and practical experience of TCM and studies the transformation law of health and diseases in human life activities and their prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and health care. Guided by the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, TCM studies the physiological and pathological pharmacology of human body and its relationship with the natural environment from the perspective of dynamic whole, and seeks the most effective methods to prevent and treat diseases.
The theory of TCM comes from the summary of medical experience and China's ancient thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. Its contents include the theory of essence and qi, the theory of yin and yang and five elements, qi and blood, body fluid, viscera and meridians, constitution, etiology and pathogenesis, treatment principles, health preservation and so on.
As early as more than two thousand years ago, the monograph Huangdi Neijing came out, which laid the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine. Today, China's theories, diagnosis methods and treatment methods related to traditional medicine can be found in this book.