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East and West of Culture Care

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The term Traditional Chinese Medicine

or TMC

R efers to the range of health practices that have

developed in China over thousands of years based on

the traditional Chinese Philosophy on the harmony of

the body and spirit with the environment.

Known originally as Classical Chinese Medicine but

was forbidden by the Communist government for

many years. In 1960¶s decreed it revival and give its

present name.

As medical method, it is taught in Medical Schools in

China, Asia, Europe and many parts of the United

States.



TCM is a socio-cultural phenomenon-

As method of healing disease two methods are sited to explain

Many adherents often find TCM practices very effective andoffering palliative efficacy, especially where western medicine

fails for routine ailments such as flu and allergies and managing

to avoid the toxicity of the chemically compose medicine.

Provides only the available care when resources are inadequateto import and adapt to Western medical technologies.

The Foundation of TCM begun with Lao Tzu and philosophy of

Taoism, Tao meaning ³way´, ³path´, or ³course´- the way of

nature that regulates all earthly and heavenly matters.

Man must live according to the order of nature as to achieve

harmony with it. When this harmony is violated the result is

illness.



The Five Elements (wood, fire, earth,

metal and water)

Principles of the five

elements is essential tounderstanding the philosophy

behind the traditional Chinese

Medicine. Why? Because they

are said to be corresponds with

each other, health is seen as condition where one¶s

action must conform to the natural correspondents of

the elements.



Yin and Yang

Chinese philosophy

believes that there are two primal opposing but

complementary forces in all

things in the Universe.T

hisforces are the Yin and the

Yang which , when acting in unison, promote the

pathological order of the human body.



Principles:

Yin and Yang are not opposites.

Everything has its opposite although not an absolute

opposite but only relative.

Example: winter can turn into summer.

Yin and Yang are Interdependent.

One cannot exist without the other

Example: day cannot exist without night

Yin and Yang can be further subdivided into Yin and YangAny yin or yang aspect can be further subdivided into

smaller yin and yang sub units.

Example: temperature can be seen as either hot or cold.



Yin and Yang consume and support each otherYin and yang are usually held in balance- as one

increases the other one decreases.

Example: excess of yin there is a yang deficiency.

Yin and Yang can transform into one another

Yin can transform into yang and vice versa

Example: night changes into day

Part of Yin is in Yang and part of Yang is YinThere is always traces of one in the other

Example: there is always light within the dark.



R elationship of the body organs

Under Chinese philosophy the organs are subdivided into

two main types:

Ts¶ang - 5 solid organs those that collect, and storesecretions namely, the liver, heart, spleen, lungs and

the kidneys

Fu - organs of excretions namely, the gallbladder,

stomach, large intestine, small intestine, bladder andthe lymph system.



The Chinese macro approach to

diseases The popular Chinese adage, Chinese medicine treats

humans while western medicine treats disease is borne

of the underlying principle in TCM that the body can

achieve order and harmony.

The Chinese treatment perspective targets the

imbalance, not the infectious organism that caused it.

Primary Goal is to re-establish the balance that waslost during illness, the moods and factors of disruption

of which differ from person to person.



Diagnosis Of Diseases

Two main methods:

Inspection - also known as glossoscopy, involves an ocular

observation of the tongue which provides clues to 100 health

conditions of the body as determined by its color and normality of

appearance.

Palpation ± Also known as sphygmopalpation, involves feeling the

pulse of radial artery using the three middle fingers. Chinese

medicine looks at the pulse as the store house of the blood, andthus its strength and regularity are indications of good health. A

pulse that is weak and skips a beat indicates a cardiac problem.

TCM considers fifteen ways of characterizing the pulse, each of

which is determinant of each diagnosis.



Other Methods of diagnostic:

Observation of the patient¶s face

Palpation of the abdomen for tenderness

Observation of the sound of the patient¶s voice

Observation of the surface of the ears

Observation of the vein on the index finger on

small children

comparisons of the relative warmth or coolnessof different parts of the body.



Chinese Methods of Healing

Nutrition is an important component of healing in Traditional

Chinese Medicine. That is the reason why there are Chinese staple

foods such as thousand years eggs as well as special diets preceding

childbirth and surgery.

Yin and yang figure in the realmof food and cooking.

Yang foods are believed to increase

the body¶s heat

(e.g. raise the metabolism)whileyin foods are believed to decrease

the body¶ heat( e.g. lower metabolism)

Chinese rice congee



The Chinese ideal is to eat both types of food tokeep the body balance.

R estoration of health is

the primary aim of the popular Chinese

treatment known as

the acupuncture.



T

here is also the method known asCupping which is used to address problems

related to the hot and cold tensions of the body.



Chinese used massage therapy which they called as Tui

Na involving stimulation of body points in order to

address orthopedic and neurological conditions.



Chinese medicine is very particular about the gathering

and collecting of herbs.



Chinese drugstore is best showcase of how widely the

Chinese employ herbal remedies to health care.

Finally , traditional

Chinese follow particulars

practices in the use

of amulets are those

made of jade,

considered by them as

the most preciousof all stones.



The use of jade charms is commonly done to bring good health

and to prevent harms and accidents.

Jade is considered the giver of children, health, immortality,

wisdom, power , victory, growth and food.



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