Over Half of German Population Favor Combined Treatment of Chinese,Western Medicine
Posted on: Saturday, 22 October 2005, 09:00 CDT
Over half of German population favor combined treatment of Chinese, western medicine
BERLIN, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nearly two thirds of Germans would prefer to be treated with a combination of Western and Chinese medicine in case of illness, said a news release on Friday, citing an opinion poll published recently.
The poll, conducted by the Institute for Demoscopy in Allensbach, indicate that 61 percent of the German population would favor such a combined treatment, according to the news release by Gruppe M, a healthcare service.
The survey found that only 18 percent of Germans would prefer a treatment with Traditional Western Medicine alone.
Nearly one third, or 31 percent, of the people surveyed had already been treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): 26 percent of them with acupuncture and 5 percent with different Chinese treatment methods.
The poll also showed that the trend in Germany towards Chinese Medicine is more than a short-term fashion.
As many as 89 percent of people who have already experienced TCM are supporters of combined treatment. The percentage is distinctly higher than in the group of people who have never used TCM.
Professor Gustav Dobos from University Duisburg-Essen, the holder of the only German University-chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine with a special focus on Chinese Medicine, said the results indicate that the great majority of people treated with TCM are obviously satisfied with the individual outcome of their therapy.
"I am convinced that in the future many German hospitals will have a department of Chinese Medicine," said Professor Dobos.
"Now it is important to create the necessary foundation for quality-assurance in Germany and establish closer ties with TCM institutions in the People's Republic of China," he added.
The University-chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine with a special focus on Chinese Medicine was founded in October 2004 by the Alfried Krupp von Bhlen and Halbach-Foundation.
Assigned by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Professor Dobos, who studied Chinese medicine in Beijing in 1983, has been working on the project in recent years.
He is currently on a visit to China and gave a lecture at the Beijing University of TCM Monday on Complementary and Integrative medicine, which combines traditional European Medicine, US-Harvard developed Mind-Body Medicine and Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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