Acupuncture weight loss, catgut embedding at acupoints or traps in rectifying Chinese medicine service market in Beijing.

  Beijing, Nov. 20 (Reporter Liu Tiansi) According to the Voice of China, "Yangguang News" reported that "acupuncture weight loss" and "catgut embedding at acupoints" may be traps for beauty and health care services under the guise of traditional Chinese medicine. Due to lack of qualification, he was suspected of illegal medical practice. Recently, the Beijing Municipal Health Supervision Department concentrated on investigating and filing more than 40 such cases. At the same time, relevant departments also remind the public that if they find suspicious behavior when receiving health care and beauty services, they can call the Beijing public health service hotline 12320 to complain and report.

  Beijing health and family planning supervision and law enforcement agencies recently launched a clean-up campaign for the Chinese medicine industry to standardize the Chinese medicine service market. From August to October this year, joint law enforcement strengthened the clean-up and rectification of street medical order. Clean up all kinds of institutions under the banner of "Chinese medicine treatment, health care" to carry out false propaganda, illegally sell drugs and medical devices, and defraud consumers; Severely crack down on illegal medical practice, and investigate and deal with illegal Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment behaviors such as acupuncture and catgut embedding in life beauty institutions; Investigate and deal with other invasive and dangerous diagnosis and treatment behaviors such as bloodletting treatment, bonesetting, traction and acupoint application illegally carried out by health care service institutions; In addition, the practice behavior of Chinese medical institutions and medical personnel has been standardized, and illegal acts such as appointing non-health technicians and practicing beyond the scope of medical subjects have been investigated and dealt with according to law.

  According to the relevant departments of health and family planning, in this special campaign, 43 cases involving this kind were filed in Beijing, and 24 cases were punished. At the same time, the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Health Supervision Institute reminded the general public that when receiving health care and beauty services, if illegal Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment activities are found or medical institutions are found to employ unlicensed doctors and practice beyond the scope of registration, they can call 12320 to report. You can report to the public security organ if you find that you hire a "medical care" or are suspected of fraud. Illegal sales of drugs, medical devices and false propaganda can be reported to the departments of industry and commerce, food and drug administration and so on.