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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• Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM treatment techniques
• Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM and science
• Traditional Chinese medicine - The question of efficaciousness
• Traditional Chinese medicine - Purported mechanism of action
• Traditional Chinese medicine - Safety of Chinese medicines
• Traditional Chinese medicine - The relationship between TCM and Western medicine
• Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM and Animals

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Traditional Chinese medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine - Uses, Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM theory, Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM diagnostics, Traditional Chinese medicine - Diagnostic techniques, Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM treatment techniques, Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM and science, Traditional Chinese medicine - The question of efficaciousness, Traditional Chinese medicine - Purported mechanism of action, Traditional Chinese medicine - Safety of Chinese medicines, Traditional Chinese medicine - The relationship between TCM and Western medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine - TCM and Animals

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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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 Acupressure Massage is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine based on Acupuncture where pressure and massage techniques are applied on the acupoints throughout the body following the meridians, which correspond with the muscles, organs and the nervous system (body's communication system). By using the principles of Chinese Medicine it can help stimulate the body's healing powers improving health and vitality

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Moxibustion (Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiŭ) is an oriental medicine therapy utilizing moxa, or mugwort herb. It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, and Mongolia. Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff; practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a stick that resembles a (non-smokable) cigar. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or sometimes burn it on a patient's skin. Moxibustion - Terminology. Th ...

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• Moxibustion - Parallel uses of mugwort

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The term traditional medicine is used with two main meanings. The most common usage is to describe medical techniques traditionally used within various societies and developed before the era of modern medicine. These include broad areas such as herbal medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, and homeopathy. Although once solely the province of alternative medicine, traditional treatments have increasingly been subjected to scientific study; some have been discarded as mere superstitions, while others h ...

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Herbology is the art of combining medicinal herbs. Herbology is traditionally one of the more important modalities utilized in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Each herbal medicine prescription is a cocktail of many herbs tailored to the individual patient. One batch of herbs is typically decocted twice over the course of one hour. The practitioner usually designs a remedy using one or two main ingredients that target the illness. Then the practitioner adds many other ingredients to adjust the formula to the patient's Yin Ya ...

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• Chinese herbology - History of Chinese herbology
• Chinese herbology - Categorizing Chinese herbs
• Chinese herbology - The Four Natures
• Chinese herbology - The Five Tastes
• Chinese herbology - The Meridians

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Tui na (推拏 or 推拿, both pronounced tūi ná), is a form of Chinese manipulative therapy often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, Chinese herbalism and qigong. Tui na uses traction, massage and manipulation in conjunction with acupressure points and is used for both acute or chronic musculoskeletal conditions, as well as certain non-musculoskeletal conditions. It is an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine. Tui na is taught in acupuncture schools as part of formal training in Oriental medicine, and many East Asian martial arts schools teach tui na to their advance ...

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• Tui na - External link

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An alternative is one of two (or more) possible choices. The term may also refer to: Alternative society Alternative medicine, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, etc. Alternative rock Christian alternative music Alternative algebra Alternative dispute resolution Alternative culture Alternative lifestyle, sometimes used non-derogatorily to describe homosexuals Alternative media Alternative Comics

Chinese food therapy is a practice of healing using natural foods instead of medications. Chinese food therapy is a modality of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as Chinese Nutrition therapy. It is particularly popular among Cantonese people who enjoy slow-cooked soups. One of the most commonly known is a rice soup that goes by many names including congee and jook. This is a traditional breakfast of Asian people all over the world. Congee recipes vary infinitely, d ...

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• Chinese food therapy - Philosophy about Food
• Chinese food therapy - Cantonese classification of food
• Chinese food therapy - Some common food therapy items and recipes
• Chinese food therapy - Bird nest
• Chinese food therapy - Korean or Chinese ginseng
• Chinese food therapy - American ginseng
• Chinese food therapy - A Cantonese cough remedy

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Shen can refer to the State of Shen in the Zhou Dynasty of China. a Chinese word for spirit or soul, often referenced in Taoist and Traditional Chinese Medicine literature, and used by some Chinese Christians to refer to God. a common Chinese last name an abbrievation for Shanghai, People's Republic of China. the supreme kai in the Japanese anime series Dragon Ball Z. Shen (character), a character in Ender's Game. shens, short for Shenanigans, commonly used on many int

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Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i, chi or ki, is a fundamental concept of everyday Chinese culture, most often defined as "air" or "breath" (for example, the colloquial Mandarin Chinese term for "weather" is tiān qi, or the "breath of heaven") and, by extension, "life force" or "spiritual energy" that is part of everything that exists. References to qi or similar philosophical concepts as a type of metaphysical energy that sustains living beings are used in ...

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Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jǐu (針灸), is one of the main branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (others being herbal medicine and tui na). It is a therapeutic technique from that framework intended to restore health and well-being. The term acupuncture is often used by Westerners to refer to Chinese medicine generally. The technique involves the insertion of needles into "acupuncture points" on the body by trained practitioners. Th ...

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• Acupuncture - Controversy as to effectiveness
• Acupuncture - Bibliography

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Auriculotherapy is an east-west hybrid medical system, founded by Dr. Paul Nogier of France in the 1940s. Auriculotherapy began with the traditional Chinese medical (TCM) use of the surface of the auricle or external ear for acupuncture or other therapeutic stimulation. Initially, the Chinese used a small number of acupoints scattered on the surface of the ear for treating a variety of maladies. Through the trade routes between Europe and China, TCM had influenced the local folk medicine of France, particularly in the use of ca ...

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Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapy involving the placement of glass, plastic, or bamboo cups on the skin with a vacuum. The therapy is used to relieve what is called "stagnation" in TCM terms, and is used in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as the common cold, pneumonia, and bronchitis. Cupping is also used to treat back, neck, shoulder, and other musculoskeletal pain. Its advocates claim it has other applications as well. Cupping has never been shown to be effective in a clinical trial. It can leave temporary unsightly marks on the ...

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Sonopuncture is a modern technique said to be based in part on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and in part on New Age style speculation concerning the harmonic properties of outer space. It uses the application of sound signals on acupuncture points. It is a relatively new and relatively rare system, and isn't used by TCM practitioners in or from China proper. Sonopuncture does not involve "puncture." It is also known by the name "phonophorese" which is technically more accurate, but not widely used. "Acutonics" is a tradem ...

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• Sonopuncture - Skeptical View of Sonopuncture

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The tongue is the large bundle of muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing. It is one of the organs of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds. The tongue assists in forming the sounds of speech. The word tongue can be used as a synonym for language, e.g., as in the phrase mother tongue. It is also examined and observed diagnostically in traditional Chinese medicine. The tongue is made mainly of skeletal muscle and attached to the hyoid bone, mandible an ...

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• Tongue - White tongue
• Tongue - Secondary Uses
• Tongue - Tongue Rolling
• Tongue - As a Food

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Artemisinin is a drug used to treat multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. The compound (a sesquiterpene lactone) is isolated from the shrub Artemisia annua long-used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Not all shrubs of this species contain artemisinin. Apparently it is only produced when the plant is subjected to certain conditions. Artemisinin - Cancer Treatment. Artemisinin is also under early research and testing for treatment of cancer. Artemisinin has a peroxide lactone group in its ...

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• Artemisinin - History
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• Artemisinin - Schistosomiasis treatment

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Qigong (Simplified: 气功; Traditional: 氣功; Hanyu Pinyin: qìgōng; Wade-Giles: ch'i4 kung1) is an increasingly popular aspect of Chinese medicine involving the coordination of different breathing patterns with various physical postures and motions of the body. Qigong is mostly taught for health maintenance purposes, but there are also some who teach it, especially in China, for therapeutic interventions. Various ...

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• Qigong - History
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• Qigong - Beliefs
• Qigong - Criticisms of qigong
• Qigong - Controversies within qigong

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The word "moxa" comes from Japanese mogusa (艾) (the u is not very strongly enunciated). Yomogi (蓬) also serves as a synonym for moxa in Japan. Chinese uses the same character as mogusa, but pronounced differently: ài, also called àiróng (艾絨)(meaning "velvet of ài"). The Chinese character for moxa forms one half of the two making up the Chinese word that often gets tran ...

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Moxibustion, Moxibustion - Terminology, Moxibustion - Theory and practice, Moxibustion - Parallel uses of mugwort

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