An Introduction of Chinese Traditional Medicine
The Chinese Traditional Medicine,known as the natural treatment
medicine, considers a man's body as a part of the whole
universe.So any changes of the universe system may cause the
man's diseases.Excepting the astronomical terminal influence on
the man's body,there are six infiltrations that damage the man's
health from outside. The six infiltrations are:
Wind,Cold,Summer-Heat,Dryness,Wetness and Hotness. And
besides,there are seven modes of emotion which damage the man's
health from inside. The seven modes of emotion are :Overjoying,
Anger,Sadness,Fear,Grief,Unceaced-Thinking and Worrying.
According to The Chinese Traditional Medicine, not only the
blood supplies nutrition for the body, but also another kind of
material takes more important effect in such work,the very
important material is a kind of Energy-Flow(In Chinese it's
called Qi).
Just like the blood flows in the vessels, the Energy-Flow flows
in twenty special accesses(The accesses are named
Meridians,including 12 common Meridians and 8 extra Meridians).
If any of the Energy-Flow accesses(Meridians) are blocked, or
the Energy-Flow(Qi) is weakened,there must be a cause of
diseases.
Four diagnostic methods are used in The Chinese Traditional
Medicine: Inspection,a method of observing the sick's mental
state,facial expression,tongue-coating,complexion,etc;
Listening, a method of examining the sick's voice,tone and
fluency in speaking; Inqiring, a method of diagnosing illness by
asking about its cause,history,and current state;
Pulse-Judgement, a method of judging various diseases by
finger-feeling the 28 modes of pulse.
The medicinal Sinoherb,comprising hundreds of kinds, may
perform various functions to the human's body,such as Warm,
Cool, Restoring Energy-Flow(Qi), Tonifying Blood, etc.
The Chinese Traditional Medicine used to differentiat various
diseases by using the above four diagnostic methods,and thus
gives the patient proper treatments and medicinal herbs.