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POLICY AND PRACTICE REVIEWS article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1473833
Current Situation and Countermeasures of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource Distribution: A Case Study of Wuyi County in China
Provisionally accepted- Zhejiang Province Chinese Medicine Hospital of Wuyi County, Wuyi, China
Objective: To investigate the current status of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) resource development within Chinese counties and identify enforceable strategies. Methods: Wuyi County was adopted as a case study, analyzing the distribution of TCM resources within the county. Based on the TCM development models employed in other counties, this study proposed the "Wuyi mode," which integrates "medical consortiums + medical communities + specialty alliances + shared Chinese medicine pharmacies." Meanwhile, the model was applied in practice, and its effectiveness was verified.The study provides novel insights into addressing the issue of uneven distribution of TCM resources at the county level and contributes to the establishment of a new model for TCM development.The "Wuyi mode" offers a valuable framework that may inform the development of TCM in other counties across China and potentially serve as a reference for TCM development globally.
Keywords: Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource, Distribution status, Wuyi mode, Countermeasure, Development prospect
Received: 31 Jul 2024; Accepted: 01 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhu, Zhang, Xu and Zhong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Xiayuan Zhong, Zhejiang Province Chinese Medicine Hospital of Wuyi County, Wuyi, China
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