Sanya opens TCM training course for foreigners

Sanya Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has opened a TCM training course for foreigners, aiming to serve more people overseas and promote TCM culture.

"Since March 4 the first group of seven students from Russian-speaking areas have been studying TCM theory," said Zhang Wei, vice-president of the Sanya hospital, a national demonstration base for medical tourism and a national education base for TCM culture.

During the one-month course, they will learn basic techniques in Chinese massage, cupping and scraping for 20 common chronic diseases.