T/HARP 005-2026 Management Specification for Herbal Tuina Technique

Scope

This standard specifies the core content of the management of herbal massage techniques, including the service process management of pediatric herbal massage and adult herbal massage, practitioner management, herbal medium management, equipment and instrument management, operation process control, indications and contraindications, quality control and evaluation, file management, training and assessment, emergency management, as well as the evaluation of herbal massage institutions and the evaluation of professional competence in herbal massage. This standard applies to medical institutions, health care service institutions, rehabilitation institutions, and other relevant organizations that provide herbal massage services; professional practitioners engaged in herbal massage operations; herbal massage institutions and talent evaluation organizations; and relevant departments responsible for supervising the herbal massage industry. Herbal massage techniques are an important component of traditional Chinese medicine health care and therapeutic auxiliary techniques. The realization of their core value highly depends on the quality and efficacy of herbal media, which in turn fundamentally originates from the standardized cultivation, functional cultivation, and healthy management of herbal agriculture. Guided by the theories of traditional Chinese medicine, this technique integrates the pharmacological effects of natural herbal raw materials (processed into media through standardized methods) produced by herbal agriculture with traditional massage techniques to achieve the purposes of regulating physical constitution and preventing and treating diseases. It is divided into two core categories: pediatric herbal massage and adult herbal massage. In recent years, with the advancement of the "Healthy China" strategy and the upgrading of the health agriculture and functional agriculture industries, the stability and targeted efficacy of herbal raw materials have been signif

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