Athelete's will be able to use Traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) at the next year's Olympics.

"There is no direct relation between Chinese traditional herbal medicine and doping," Dai, who is responsible for medical services at the Games, told reporters. "It has been around for several thousand years and is very healthy for the body. Like Western medicines it can protect the body. It would be like saying vitamin C is a kind of doping." Dai said China's drug administration had to approve all traditional medicines and, as in other countries, the ingredients were analised and listed on packaging.
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