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Traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced, in one form or another, for almost 5,000 years. About 2,000 years ago it coalesced into the form that it is seen today. There have been some changes here and there to it, but until the 1950s it was basically the same. In the 1950s there was an effort made by the government to modernize it and combine it with Western medical practices. Today, in China, it is practiced alongside Western medicine in the hospitals and doctors' offices. Aspects of Chinese medicine are popular and used all over the world.
The biggest difference between traditional Chinese medicine/TCM and Western, or scientific, medicine is the way the body is viewed. Western medicine sees the body as a series of anatomical structures. They don't necessarily see those structures as interacting. Diseases are treated on their own, and the impact on the rest of the body isn't taken into account. In TCM it is totally different. TCM is a holistic approach. That means that it takes the whole body into consideration, as a series of interactive systems. No part of the body, from the blood on out, can act on its own or be on its own. It has works together. It is all guided by the life force known as qi. The qi flows through the body through channels known as meridians. A healthy body is one that has qi that is in balanced. Disease happens when the qi is out of balance. The way to cure disease is to bring that energy back into balance.
In traditional Chinese medicine there are several ways to treat disease or imbalance in the body. While there are several kinds of treatment, there are really only 5 that are commonly used. The five common treatments are: qigong, herbal therapy, acupressure, food, and Chinese psychology.
Except for psychology they are all involved in somehow manipulating a person's qi. Qigong, when used in TCM, is an energy practice that help the qi flow in the meridians in the way that it should. It uses breathing techniques as well as some postures and movements to enhance the qi. Herbal therapy and food are closely related. They both use particular combinations of things to help enhance the functions of organs and qi. TCM doesn't choose these things for the way that they taste or their nutrition levels. They are chosen because of their particular energy signatures. Acupressure includes acupuncture. They are the same basic thing. The difference is that acupressure uses the pressure of hands on certain points on the body to removed blockages in the qi, and acupuncture uses needles.
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