Editing Traditional Chinese medicine (section)

=== Netherlands ===
[[File:中 Zhong - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde logo (Big).jpg|thumb|right|The logo of the Dutch Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (or ''中 Zhong - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde''), the largest of the professional organisations that is recognised by private [[health insurance]] companies in the Netherlands.]]

There are no specific regulations in the Netherlands on TCM;<ref name="CAM-Regulations-Netherlands">{{cite web|url= http://cam-regulation.org/en/traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm-netherlands|title= Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the Netherlands.|date= 31 December 2012|access-date= 12 March 2020|author= CAM Regulation admin|publisher= Norway's National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine|language= en|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200330000727/http://cam-regulation.org/en/traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm-netherlands|archive-date= 30 March 2020|url-status= live}}</ref> TCM is neither prohibited nor recognised by the [[government of the Netherlands]].<ref name="ETCMAZhongNethetlands">{{cite web|url=https://www.etcma.org/find-a-member/the-netherlands/zhong/|title=Nederlandse Vereniging voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde (ZHONG) - Dutch Association of Chinese Traditional Medicine.|date=2020|access-date=12 March 2020|work=European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association (ETCMA)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330000723/https://www.etcma.org/find-a-member/the-netherlands/zhong/|archive-date=30 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chinese herbology|Chinese herbs as well as Chinese herbal products]] that are used in TCM are classified as foods and [[food supplement]]s, and these Chinese herbs can be imported into the Netherlands as well as marketed as such without any type registration or notification to the government.<ref name="ETCMAZhongNethetlands" />

Despite its status, some private [[health insurance]] companies reimburse a certain amount of annual costs for [[acupuncture]] treatments, this depends on one's insurance policy, as not all insurance policies cover it, and if the acupuncture practitioner is or is not a member of one of the professional organisations that are recognised by private health insurance companies.<ref name="ETCMAZhongNethetlands" />&nbsp;The recognized professional organizations include the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Acupunctuur (NVA), Nederlandse Artsen Acupunctuur Vereniging (NAAV), ZHONG, (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde), Nederlandse Beroepsvereniging Chinese Geneeswijzen Yi (NBCG Yi), and Wetenschappelijke Artsen Vereniging voor Acupunctuur in Nederland (WAVAN).<ref name="ZorgwijzerTraditionalChineseMedicine">{{cite web|url= https://www.zorgwijzer.nl/vergoeding/acupunctuur|title= Acupunctuur (2020).|date= 2020|access-date= 12 March 2020|work= Zorgwijzer|language= nl|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200312201516/https://www.zorgwijzer.nl/vergoeding/acupunctuur|archive-date= 12 March 2020|url-status= live}}</ref>