With a history dating back 2,000 to 3,000 years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices have successfully formulated and created an unique system to diagnose and cure illness. The TCM approach adopts a fundamentally different stance from that of Western medicine. In TCM, the understanding of the human body is based on the holistic understanding of the universe as described in Taosim, and the treatment of illness is based primarily on the diagnosis and differentiation of syndromes.
The TCM approach treats zang-fu organs as the core of the human body. Tissues and organs are connected through a network of channels and blood vessels inside the human body. Qi (or Chi) acts as some kind of carrier of information that is expresses externally through jingluo system. Pathologically, a dysfunction of the zang-fu organs may be reflected on the body surface through the network, and likewise, diseases of body surface tissues may also affect their related zang or fu organs. Affected zang or fu organs may also influence each other analysis of the entire system, then focuses on the correction of pathological changes through readjusting and harmonizing the functions of the zang-fu organs.
Evaluation of a syndrome not only includes the cause, mechanism, location and nature of the disease but also its confrontation effects between the pathogenic factor and body resistance. Treatment is not based only on the symptoms but differentiation of syndromes. Therefore, those with an identical disease may be treated in different ways. On the other hand, different diseases may result in the same syndrome and are treated in similar ways.
The clinical diagnosis and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices are mainly based on the concept of yin-yang and the five elements theories. These theories apply the phenomena and laws of nature to the study of the physiological activities and pathological changes of the human body and its interrelationships. The typical TCM therapies include acupuncture, herbal medicine and qigong exercises. With acupuncture, treatment is accomplished by stimulating certain areas of the external body. Herbal medicine acts on zang-fu organs infernally, while qigong tries to restore the orderly harmonization flows inside the body's internal network through the regulation of Qi. these therapies appear very different in approach yet they all share the same underlying sets of assumptions and insights into the nature of the human body and its place in the universe. Some scientists describe the treatment of diseases through herbal medication, acupuncture and qigong as an 'information therapy'.
The TCM approach treats zang-fu organs as the core of the human body. Tissues and organs are connected through a network of channels and blood vessels inside the human body. Qi (or Chi) acts as some kind of carrier of information that is expresses externally through jingluo system. Pathologically, a dysfunction of the zang-fu organs may be reflected on the body surface through the network, and likewise, diseases of body surface tissues may also affect their related zang or fu organs. Affected zang or fu organs may also influence each other analysis of the entire system, then focuses on the correction of pathological changes through readjusting and harmonizing the functions of the zang-fu organs.
Evaluation of a syndrome not only includes the cause, mechanism, location and nature of the disease but also its confrontation effects between the pathogenic factor and body resistance. Treatment is not based only on the symptoms but differentiation of syndromes. Therefore, those with an identical disease may be treated in different ways. On the other hand, different diseases may result in the same syndrome and are treated in similar ways.
The clinical diagnosis and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices are mainly based on the concept of yin-yang and the five elements theories. These theories apply the phenomena and laws of nature to the study of the physiological activities and pathological changes of the human body and its interrelationships. The typical TCM therapies include acupuncture, herbal medicine and qigong exercises. With acupuncture, treatment is accomplished by stimulating certain areas of the external body. Herbal medicine acts on zang-fu organs infernally, while qigong tries to restore the orderly harmonization flows inside the body's internal network through the regulation of Qi. these therapies appear very different in approach yet they all share the same underlying sets of assumptions and insights into the nature of the human body and its place in the universe. Some scientists describe the treatment of diseases through herbal medication, acupuncture and qigong as an 'information therapy'.
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