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Related News:<\/u><\/strong><\/font> The Chinese government is moving to standardizing Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese Medicine, or TCM.<\/p>\n

At a natio<\/em>nal TCM co<\/em>nference held in Beijing over the weekend, Wang Guoqiang, Director of China State Administration of TCM, said standardization of TCM is crucial for its internationalization.<\/p>\n

Intro to TCM  \u4e2d\u533b zh\u014dng y\u012b<\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese Medicine dates back thousands of years. It depends on four methods of diagnosis–looking(\u671b wàng), listening(\u95fb wén), questio<\/em>ning(\u95ee wèn )and feeling the pulse of the patient(\u5207 qiè).<\/strong> Typically a traditio<\/em>nal Chinese medicine doctor first studies the look of the patient, listens to his\/her voice and breathing, asks how the patient feels, and then takes his\/her pulse before making a diagnosis and writing a pres<\/em>cription.<\/p>\n

 Traditio<\/em>nal Chinese medical science cures people with traditio<\/em>nal Chinese herb medicine(\u4e2d\u836f zh\u014dng yào),<\/strong> acupuncture and moxibustion(\u9488\u7078zh\u0113n ji\u01d4), manipulation(\u63a8\u62fftu\u012b ná), massage(\u6309\u6469àn mó), cupping(\u62d4\u7f50 bá guàn), qigong(\u6c14\u529fqì g\u014dng), food therapy(\u98df\u7597shí liáo), and skin scraping(\u522e\u75e7gu\u0101 sh\u0101).<\/strong>The idea is to help the patient recover by achieving the natural balance of his yin(\u9634y\u012bn) and yang(\u9633yáng).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\u4e2d\u533bThe most precious asset of traditio<\/em>nal Chinese medicine is the pres<\/em>criptions. Most of the medicines prescribed co<\/em>ntain herbs and animal ingredients. The story of Shen Nong(\u795e\u519c\u6c0f)<\/strong> collecting herbs has been widely spread up to the present day. In ancient times people often ate plants to allay hunger. But some died from poiso<\/em>nous herbs, while others became sick but could do little a<\/em>bout it. To ease their pain, a man named Shen Nong decided to go and look for cures. He tasted numerous plants himself and discovered that while wheat, rice, corn and sorghum were good sources of food, there were over 300 types of herbs that could be used to cure diseases.<\/p>\n

After thousands of years of clinical practice, traditio<\/em>nal Chinese medicine now plays an irreplaceable role in treating and preventing illness as well as in gaining recognition around the world. The impact of traditio<\/em>nal Chinese medicine is growing internatio<\/em>nally every day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n