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 Overview
During
the past 5,000 years history of China, one of the oldest countries
on this planet, the only medicine available to the Chinese people
is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). After the introduction of
Western Medical science into China TCM remains the main way of treating
sickness in many areas of China. People in the big and so called
"modernized" cities in China many receive both methods,
Western and TCM, to treat their illness. TCM now is known as Acupuncture
and Chinese Traditional Herbal Mmedicine in Western countries.
TCM
Vs. Western Medicine
Basically, the outline
of Chinese Traditional Medicine is very different from conventional
Western Medicine. What the theory TCM based on are including "Five
Elements theory" (causes and treatment of sickness variable
depending on their characters and relationships between each other
which can be classified as Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth),
"Five sources of illness" (wind, cold, warm, wet and hot),
"Meridian theory" (12 main channels and 6 extra channels
of energy flooding in the body). The concept of TCM treatment is
not only to fight for the specific cause of illness but also has
to strengthen the resistance of the body at the same time. It is
very similar to the concept of increasing immunity power of the
body in the Western Medicine science. TCM is more like a holistic
treatment that looks to the body as a whole.
On
the other hand, conventional Western Medicine is based on clear
calculation and data analysis as modern anatomy, physiology, pathology,
biochemistry and so on. The diagnosis and treatment are very specific
to the origin or cause of sickness, and most of the time only
attaching to a single element.
If
we take a keen insight of TCM, we will find that it is a logical
and reasonable science with real scientific spirit, just like
Western Medicine. TCM is not based on an obscure theory as some
scientist or medical doctors suspected. In a way of looking at
the TCM and Conventional Western Medicine, they both can heal
sickness efficiently but from different approaches. Yet, TCM is
based on the ancient and pure philosophy and long practice experience.
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