Chinese Traditional Medicine

"It's enough if there are 20 bags, I think I should eat more because I have to go home next year." When I packed my bags in the USA, my mother told me he gave me two bags. Tell me that 10 bags of herbal tea, regardless of the weight of my baggage, I have to carry it around. I grew up in southern China and often drink herbal tea when I get sick or prevent disease. In Guangdong province there is a term "herb tea, herb tea, Chinese tea", which means to cool down tea, if overheated due to weather or sickness, drink to cool the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine - Traditional Chinese herbal medicine is based on Chinese herbal medicine practice over 2,500 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise and diet therapy. The philosophy is based on the Yin and Yang principle (a combination of 5 step theory and Yin Yang theory) which was later absorbed by Taoism. In many cases, illness is considered to be a mismatch or imbalance in functions or interactions such as yin, yang, meridians between the human body and the environment. The basis of treatment is the ability to identify "discordant patterns". Today, traditional Chinese medicines are widely used in China and become more common in Europe and North America.

In medical theory and thinking, Chinese medicine makes an important contribution to modern medicine. For example, the theory of 'correspondence between humans and the universe' in traditional Chinese medicine is a unified view of the body and the environment. The so-called "biological life" theory and "biological clock" theory in modern medicine refers to the manner of hormone secretion, treatment of disease by origin is manifestation of "human and universe". The viewpoint of "balance among opponents" and "balance between dynamic forces" indicates that there is a universal law in human life. Modern life science emphasizes these aspects, but since traditional Chinese medicine always regards these views as their leading ideology and basic method, both methods are traditional Chinese medicine It differs.

Oriental medicine (Traditional): Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), or Chinese medicine is an ancient medical system that deeply understands the laws and patterns of nature and applies them to the human body. TCM contains various practices rooted in ancient Taoism philosophy, its history goes back more than 5000 years ago. The difference between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine lies in the relationship between the world and the human body. This view is based on an ancient Chinese human opinion. This is a microcosm of the larger universe in the surroundings, tied to nature and influenced by that power. The human body is thought of as an organic entity, where various organs, tissues and other parts have different functions but are interdependent. In this view, health and illness are related to the balance of function.