MEDICINE

=Chinese Medicine =

Chinese medicine (also known as TCM), includes many ancient rituals that first started in China. TCM has varieties of treatments such as herbal medicine and acupuntcure. This history of TCM started 2000 to 3000 years ago. It diagnosis and cure illnesses in ways that are different from what is used in the U.S today. In Chinese Medicine, the human body is understood by exploring and understanding new concepts in the universe. = = = =

=Chinese Herbal Medicine =

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Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is an ancient organization of health care that has continuously developed over the centuries. CHM is used for cleansing the body; it mainly focuses on benefitting energy, balance, and spirit in the body. CHM understands that health is the lack of disease so it has the ability to make people healthier and happier. The first herbalist in Chinese tradition is Shennong, who is said to have tasted hundreds of herbs and shared his medicinal knowledge to the agricultural people. Different cultures all over the world have used Chinese Medicine to stay healthy and treat illnesses. By 200 BC, Chinese medicine became fully established, and by the first century AD, a list of helpful herbs had been developed. Chinese herbal medicine first became popular in the United States in the 1970’s. Chinese Herbal Medicine is able to treat diseases in different forms. CHM uses a variety of herbs such as, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Green Tea, and Siberian Ginseng.CHM can treat symptoms based on a specific problems. Practictioners attempt to treat cancer with complex herbs, minerals, and plant extracts. "Chinese Physicians used several different methods to classify CHM: The Four Natures, The Five Tastes, and The Meridians." (ACS) CHM has been called and used as the best medicine by the majority of the world's population and is still widely applied medical system in the world today. ======

=Acupuncture = By Dorian Roberts  Have you ever thought about sticking a long, skinny needle into your skin to make pain go away? Today there are more than 10 million adults in the US that are either using, or have used acupuncture in the past. A poll of "American doctors in 2005 showed that 59% believe acupuncture was at least somewhat effective" (Wikipedia). Acupuncture is the inserting of needles into the skin in certain areas that are called pressure points, to make pain in certain parts of the body disappear. Acupuncture has become much more accepted in the United States over the years. In the past, the Ancient Chinese thought the body had energy, which irculated in the body through channels, or the paths blood take.  Traditional Chinese doctors felt the body had to have balance, and expressed this thought using yin and yang. Yin and yang were used to describe how opposites attract and how everything in the world is connected. Most points of acupuncture are found on 14 of the body’s channels. Traditional Chinese doctors felt the body’s energy had to flow freely. If this did not occur, people would get sick, or feel pain. They inserted a tiny needle in the point of pain, to free the passageway, and relieve the pain. The next time you have a back ache or your foot hurts, think about acupuncture!

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