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 * Chinese Herbal Medicine**

Holistic approach - understanding normal function and disease processes and the prevention of illness

Most diseases or illnesses present with a core set of recognisable signs and symptoms, but the actual presentation of a particular disease or illness will vary from person to person. For this reason, people with similar health conditions may be provided with quite different Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions.

prescribe a Chinese herbal formula that specifically matches and treats your individual health problem. As your condition changes and improves with treatment, the Chinese herbal treatment is also adjusted and modified until the desired health outcome is achieved.

Based on more than 450 different individual herbs, each with unique characteristics Each herb will have its primary use, as well as side effects Combination of herbs used to cancel out each other’s negative side effects

Origins can be traced back 5000 years in China One of the oldest and longest-standing medical treatments in history

Source: http://www.acupuncture.org.au/health_services/chinese_herbal_medicine.aspx


 * Tui na**

Major component of TCM Can be whole independent system as based on "Injury or disease causes blockages in the channels of the body. Blockages cause pain.”

Also improves overall Qi status of the body

treats conditions that, in the West, would be treated by osteopaths, chiropractors and physiotherapists or with drugs.

also used as a preventative form of treatment to maintain health and prevent accumulation of stress, disease and injury.

already documented in a vast treatise - The Yellow Emperor's Classics of Internal Medicine, written about 2500 years ago. Thus, modern Tui Na is the most tried and tested hands-on therapy in the world

TCM based on Qi - all bodily functions are affected network of 12 paired meridians - one member of each pair on the right side of the body and the other on the left. have no anatomical structure but they are pathways along which the main flow of Qi occurs like currents of water in the oceans Thus, tui na allows patient to be massaged in different ways to remove all blockages to the flow of Qi.

Where a person takes your pulse by placing their fingers on either one of your wrists and diagnoses symptoms.
 * Chinese pulse diagnosis:**

Acupuncturist and Ph.D. candidate Karen Bilton, at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. After testing and retesting by different pulse diagnosis practitioners on 15 patients 30 days apart, Bilton reports preliminary analysis showing consistent results no matter who did the reading.

The most basic theory in TCM. It shows the nature and location of the problems("imbalance") in the body.
 * Eight principles:**

Interior - Exterior Hot - Cold Full - Empty Yin - Yang

One example of a tcm use is in the treatment of diabetes. A double-blind study of more than 200 people evaluated the effectiveness of Coptis Formula (a traditional combination therapy) with or without the drug glibenclamide for the treatment of diabetes. Coptis Formula appeared to significantly enhance the effectiveness of the drug; however, the herbs produced marginal benefits at best when taken alone.

Sources: http://www.med.nyu.edu/content?ChunkIID=37410 http://www.sacredlotus.com/diagnosis/