焦易堂与中医药事业

焦易堂,陕西武功县人,早年加入同盟会,南京政府成立后,长期任立法委员.1931年,中央国医馆成立,他被国医界公推为国医馆馆长.他一生遵照中山先生道教,倡导发扬中医药国粹,筹建了全国性中医组织,保护了中医的合法权益;促进<中医条例>的拟定与实施,在法律上保障了中医地位;积极筹办中医学校、医院、药厂,主张中西医结合,以科学方法研究中医,为保存和发展中医药事业做出了贡献.

Jiao Yitang and the Traditional Chinese Medicine

Jiao Yitang, born in Wugong county, Shaanxi Province, took part in the Tongmenhui in his early years. After the establishment of Nanjing Government, he acted as a legislative committee member for quite a long time. In 1931, Central State Hospital was set up and he was elected as head of the hospital. In accordance with Dr. Sun Yat-sen's teachings, he proposed to carry forward the traditional Chinese medicine, set up a national Chinese medical organization and protected its legislative rights and interests; he made great contributions to the cause of protection and development of traditional Chinese medicine by promoting the drafting and implementation of the Act of Traditional Chinese Medicine so as to strengthen its role in law; he actively made preparations for setting up medical schools, hospitals and pharmaceutical factories and advocated the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and the application of scientific methods in the research work of traditional Chinese medicine.