{"id":13027,"date":"2019-11-19T03:28:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T03:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-literature-2\/traditional-chinese-medicine-zhong-guo-chuan-tong-yi-xue\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T03:28:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T03:28:22","slug":"traditional-chinese-medicine-zhong-guo-chuan-tong-yi-xue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/traditional-chinese-medicine-zhong-guo-chuan-tong-yi-xue\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Chinese Medicine \u4e2d\u56fd\u4f20\u7edf\u533b\u5b66"},"content":{"rendered":"
Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese Medicine (TCM)\uff08\u4e2d\u56fd\u4f20\u7edf\u533b\u5b66\uff0czh\u014dngguó chuánt\u01d2ng y\u012bxué\uff09is a complete medical system that has been used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illnesses for more than 2,000 years. Historically, it has played an im<\/em>portant role in the prevention and treatment of diseases in China. TCM says processes of the human body are interrelated and co<\/em>nstantly interact with the environment. Therefore the theory looks for the signs of disharmony in the external and internal enviro<\/em>nment of a person in order to understand, treat and prevent illness and disease.<\/p>\n

Recently there have been many examples of the integration of Chinese Medicine into the western medical establishment. The United Kingdom became the first western nation to include coverage for Chinese medical treatment in its Natio<\/em>nal Health Service. Most major US hospitals now employ Chinese Medicine practitioners\uff08\u4e2d\u533b\u5e08\uff0c zh\u014dngy\u012bsh\u012b\uff09. In Canada, British Columbia became the first province to recognise the Chinese Medicine practitio<\/em>ners as health professionals, which gives them the same status as western medical doctors. A reformed BC provincial health care plan to cover Chinese Medicine is also on the drawing board. Similar initiatives have also been taken in o<\/em>ntario and Quebec.<\/p>\n

From its ancient roots, modern Chinese Medicine has developed into several inseparable facets, which include acupuncture\uff08\u9488\u7078\uff0czh\u0113nji\u01d4\uff09, herbal medicine\uff08\u4e2d\u836f\uff0czh\u014dngyào\uff09, Tuina\uff08\u63a8\u62ff\uff0cTu\u012bná\uff09, dietary regulation\uff08\u98df\u7597\uff0cshíliáo\uff09, and therapeutic exercise\uff08\u6cbb\u7597\uff0czhì liáo\uff09, such as Qigong\uff08\u6c14\u529f\uff0cQìg\u014dng\uff09and Tai Chi\uff08\u592a\u6781\uff0cTàijí\uff09. At Clinique SinoCare, we mainly use acupuncture, herbal medicine and Tuina to provide effective treatments for a wide range of health problems.<\/p>\n

Difference of Chinese and Western Diagnostic Method Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese medicine is co<\/em>nsidered to require co<\/em>nsiderable diagnostic skill. This often depends on the ability to observe what are described as subtle differences without hurting the patient. This may be co<\/em>ntrasted with a straightforward laboratory test which indicates an unambiguous cause. A training period of years or decades is said to be necessary for TCM practitio<\/em>ners to understand the full complexity of symptoms and dynamic balances. However nowadays, modern practitio<\/em>ners in China often use a traditio<\/em>nal system in combination with Western methods.<\/p>\n

Diagnostic & treatment principle Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese Medicine regards the human body as an organic whole. The practitio<\/em>ner observes all symptoms, including lifestyle, diet, working environment, emotio<\/em>nal co<\/em>nditions and physical co<\/em>nstitution when seeking for the fundamental causes of disequilibrium. Chinese Medicine treats health problems by working with the resources of the body itself. It uses acupuncture, Tuina and herbal medicine, to re-establish the equilibrium of the systemic functions and to achieve a healthy state, most of the time without any side effects.<\/p>\n

The diagnosis is the most difficult and also the most critical part of the treatment process. Often the same symptoms in individuals can be a manifestation of different causes and therefore be treated differently. Different symptoms can also be the manifestation of a similar cause and therefore would be treated similarly. In addition, an individual’s physique and organ co<\/em>nditions are also major factors that should be taken into co<\/em>nsideration in the diagnosis, so two patients with identical symptoms and causes may also be treated differently.
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