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WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 9Code Term Chinese Definition/Description0.0.0 GENERAL 總 類0.0.1 traditional medicine 傳 統 醫 學the sum total of knowledge, skills and practice ofholistic care for maintenance of health and treatmentof disease based on indigenous theories, beliefsand experiences handed down from generation togeneration0.0.2traditional Chinesemedicine中 醫 學 ;中 醫the traditional medicine that originated in China, andis characterized by holism and treatment based onpattern identification/syndrome differentiation0.0.3 Oriental medicine 東 洋 醫 學a general term for traditional medicine practiced inEast Asian countries, e.g., Japan and Korea0.0.4 Kampo medicine漢 方 ;漢 方 醫 學the medicine traditionally practiced in Japan, basedon ancient Chinese medicine0.0.5traditional Koreanmedicine韓 醫 學the medicine traditionally practiced in Korea, based onancient Chinese medicine, which focuses principallyon constitutional approaches0.0.6traditionalVietnamese medicine越 醫 學the medicine traditionally practiced in Vietnam, basedon ancient Chinese medicine0.0.7 Tibetan medicine 藏 醫 學 the medicine traditionally practiced in Tibet0.0.8Mongolian traditionalmedicine蒙 醫 學the medicine traditionally practiced in Mongolia0.0.9 Uyghur medicine 維 醫 學 the medicine traditionally practiced by the Uyghur0.0.10integration oftraditional Chineseand Western medicine中 西 醫 結 合a process of ongoing development of traditionalChinese medicine involving the incorporation ofmodern scientific knowledge and measures as wellas blending of key aspects of traditional Chinesemedicine and modern Western medicine0.0.11basic theory oftraditional Chinesemedicine中 醫 基 礎 理 論the branch of traditional Chinese medicine dealing withthe basic concepts, theories, rules and principles0.0.12traditional Chinesediagnostics中 醫 診 斷 學the branch of traditional Chinese medicine dealingwith the procedure and practice of examining patients,determining diseases and differentiating syndromes/identifying patterns of signs and symptoms of diseases,also called traditional Chinese medical diagnostics