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Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the oldest and most commonly used medical procedures in the world. Besides modern medicine, TCM is the only alternative medicine which has established a unique medical system consisting of its own medical principles, diagnostic standards and related treatments . It uses Chinese medicinal herbs, acupuncture and/or manipulation to alter disease process and the state of mind as well as to enhance recuperative power and |
capacity for pleasure, work and creativity. It frequently integrates diet, exercise and meditation in its treatment plan. According to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, health remains optimal when two opposing forces of Yin and Yang in the body is dynamically balanced and its energy is freely flowing in normal direction. This is referred as balance of Yin and Yang, the classic Taoist opposing forces of universe. In an optimal state, Yin and Yang in all their forms are perfectly balanced in every part of the body. However, external and internal factors can destroy this balance, leading to dysfunction and disease. Chinese medical diagnosis intends to identify a Pattern of imbalance in the body caused by these factors, and a treatment plan including herbs, acupuncture, manipulation, will be recommended.
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine differs in several significant ways from traditional Western Herbal Medicine (European and Modern herbal medicine). The most obvious difference is that the Western herbal tradition prescribes single herb, while traditional Chinese herbal medicine makes exclusive use of herbal formulas. These formulas are created with consideration of efficacy, dosage, herbal interaction and reduction of side effects. Although Chinese herbal formulas and individual herbs need further scientific evidence, the mixing idea of Chinese herbal combination is more ''scientific'' and more complex.
Regarding etiology of a health problem, TCM takes into account many factors, such as bacteria and virus invasion, emotional changes, abnormal lifestyle, climate and environmental changes, while allopathic medicine pays much less attention to those factors except infections. One of the great breakthroughs in medical science was invention of antibiotic Penicillin, which is able to kill many strains of bacteria. Except infectious diseases, allopathic medicine seems to know little about the etiology of most of human diseases. There are increasing scientific evidences supporting the current hypothesis that our lifestyle such as diet, exercise, work stress, habit, etc, environmental and climate abnormality can lead to health problems. Obviously, the Chinese medical tradition has paid much attention to these factors for many thousands of years. As to diagnosis, TCM applies a very complicated holistic healing approach, which considers all the factors related to health condition and concludes a Pattern (similar to syndrome) of imbalance of the body. Interestingly, Chinese medicine may have different diagnosis to the single Western condition or have same diagnosis to different Western diseases. Although allopathic medicine focus on detecting the evidences of mechanical, biological and biochemical changes in a human body, the big problem the allopathic medicine faces is the understanding of pre-disease condition that may not show biological abnormality with modern technology.
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