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1) Protection of TTM formulas and TTM treatises: According to Section 16 of

the Act, TTM knowledge is divided into three categories:
1.1) National TTM formulas or national TTM treatises having special medical

or public health value. Based on case-by-case basis, the National TTM
formulas or National TTM Treatises shall fit in these criteria:

• Being the TTM formulas or TTM treatises that were compiled,
developed, or improved by the government or public agencies and

have documents or references of the origin;
• Presenting the nation’s identity that should be preserved or being

valuable for research and study or having an impact on the overall
country’s economy, or having potential for a new drug development

to solve medical or public health problems of the country;
• Being the TTM formulas or TTM treatises that are not protected by

laws on protection and promotion of TTM knowledge.
There will be the Ministerial Regulation on the application for permission

and permission, right restriction, and remuneration from the utilisation for
commercial benefits and infringement of the National TTM Formulas or

National TTM Treatises.
As of March 2022, there are 48,159 TTM formulas from 612 treatises and

536 stelae declared as National TTM Formulas or National TTM Treatises.
1.2) General TTM formulas or general TTM textbooks are widely used, and

the Ministry of Public Health has declared as traditional household
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remedies under laws on drug, or for the use in primary health care.

These include those that were compiled, developed, or improved by
public agencies or are safe and beneficial for the treatment of diseases.

1.3) Personal TTM formulas or personal TTM textbooks mean formulas or
textbooks that belong to the persons who are: declared as National

TTM Formulas or National TTM Treatises.
• An inventor of TTM formula or TTM textbook

• A person who improves or develops TTM formula or TTM textbook
• A person who is an inheritor of TTM formula or TTM textbook

Until 2023, 51 formulas have been registered as personal TTM formulas.

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