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Why is traditional Chinese medicine important to you?
Human health condition can be classified into 4 stages: health stage, sub-health stage, which is pre-disease state, disease stage, recovery /post-treatment stage. While Western medicine intervenes as biochemical and mechanical changes are detected with current diagnostic tools, traditional Chinese Medicine takes care of your health at all 4 stages.
If you are healthy, you still need to maintain your good health. Traditional Chinese Medicine will provide you with great information on oriental lifestyle such diet, exercise, habit, etc. As new evidences of effects of lifestyle on our health and well being are emerging, a quality practitioner of TCM will draw up an powerful health maintenance plan based on your individual physical constitution, lifestyle, environmental factors, etc.
At sub-health stage, you start to have clinical symptoms such as fatigue, headache, body tension, insomnia, weight gain/weight loss, etc., but you are medically normal as confirmed by your physician. You are possibly experiencing physical functional changes which may not be detected by available medical diagnostic tools. These functional changes can be reversed by lifestyle correction and appropriate treatments. As requested, your physician will treat your symptoms with pharmaceutical medications, but the root of problems still exists. A practitioner of TCM will consider your symptoms as real " medical" problem, and prescribe acupuncture and /or Chinese herbal formula , in order to remove the root of functional changes. We take headache for example. 80% of headache are tension headache. if you just take painkiller, tension headache may be temporarily relieved, but it recurs all the time. If you take painkiller frequently, you may have more severe side effects. However, an acupuncturist will remove your tension by working on your neck, should and upper back in order to cure your headache. If headache is caused by gastro-intestinal problem, an acupuncturist will balance your GI system to get rid of your headache. The most important part is that your functional changes at this stage can be restored to optimal state, thus it will be prevented from becoming irreversible disease.
At disease stage, you bring your health complaints to your medical doctor's attention again. You are finally diagnosed by your MD. You have to follow your physician's order to take chemical medications, even though you experience many side effects from medications. Sometimes you have to go through drastic surgical procedure to maintain organ function. Most of time, you will have to take medications for life. While you are receiving medical treatments, you can still get alternative medical treatments as a complementary therapy. Some alternative treatments can play a major role in fighting against your disease.
At recovery/post-treatment stage, you are either asked to continue current medication or advised to take a rest home by your physician. Some holistic physician will ask you to visit specialty therapists. Alternative medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine, will definitely help you recover better and quicker. The better the recovery is , the better quality the future life will be.
While modern medicine is primary care for your health problem, traditional Chinese medicine is certainly important to optimal health and well- being.