Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學, zhōngyī xué, or 中药学, zhōngyaò xué) is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices used in China that have developed over the course of several thousand years of history. It is also regarded as an instance of oriental medicine, a term which may include other traditional Asian medical systems such as Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, and Mongolian medicine. Chinese medicine principally employs a method ...

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There are many schools of thought on which TCM is based. Because of this, the foundation principles of Chinese medicine are not necessarily uniform. Received TCM can be shown to be most influenced by Taoism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism. For over 3000 years (1200 BC - present), Chinese academics of various schools have focused on the observable natural laws of the universe and their implications for the practical characterisation of humanity's place in the universe. In the I Ching and other Chinese literary and philosophical classic ...

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In traditional Chinese medicine, ephedrine has been used in the treatment of asthma and bronchitis for centuries (Ford, 2001). In Western medicine ephedrine was once widely used as a topical decongestant and as a bronchodilator in the treatment for asthma. It continues to be used for these indications, though the popularity is waning due to the availability of more selective agents for these indications which exhibit fewer adverse effects (Joint Formulary Committee, 2004). The role in nasal congestion has largely been replaced by more potent ...

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In the West, TCM is often considered alternative medicine; however, in mainland China and Taiwan, TCM is widely considered to be an integral part of the health care system. The term TCM is sometimes used specifically within the field of Chinese medicine to refer to the standardized set of theories and practices introduced in the mid-20th century under the government of Mao, as distinguished from related traditional theories and practices preserved by people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and by the overseas Chin ...

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The traditional treatment in Chinese medicine consists of six major methods: Tui na(推拿) Acupuncture(針疚) Moxibustion(艾炙) Cupping(拔罐) Herbology(中药) Exercise like Qigong (氣功), T'ai Chi Ch'uan (太極拳), Kung fu (功夫) and other Chinese martial arts. Die-da or Tieh Ta (跌打): practitioners who specialize in healing trauma injury such as bone fractures, sprains, bruises etc. Some of these specialists may also use or recommend other disciplines of ...

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As animal products are used in Chinese formulas, vegans and vegetarians should inform their practitioner, if their beliefs forbid the ingestion of animals. Often alternative substances can be used. The use of endangered species is controversial within TCM. In particular, the belief that tiger penis and rhinoceros horn are aphrodisiacs has been blamed for depleting these species in the wild. The animal rights movement notes that a few traditional Chinese medicinal solutions use bear bile. To extract maximum amounts of the bile, ...

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There are some questions about TCM which can be investigated scientifically: Does it work? How does it work? Is it safe? Traditional Chinese medicine - The question of efficaciousness. Most scientific research in the West about TCM has focused on acupuncture. The National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement on Acupunctur ...

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The basics of TCM diagnostics are: observe (望 wàng), hear and smell (聞 wén), ask about background (問 wèn) and read the pulse (切 qiè). Then a diagnosis is made using a system to classify the symptoms. Systems of diagnosis include: Yin or Yang Five elements eight principles Zang Fu theory Meridian (Chinese medicine) Six levels four stages Three jiaos And a modern cross that is not formal but in China TCM diagnosis is being very heavily ...

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