CHINESETRADITIONALMEDICINE主講人：ContentABriefHistory

ChineseHerbs(中藥)Diagnosis(診斷)Acupuncture(針灸)Massage(按摩)DietandExercise

ABriefHistoryTherootsofChineseTraditionalMedicine(alsoreferredtoasTCM)datebackmorethan2000years.TraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM)-中國醫藥

TraditionalOrientalMedicine(TOM)-東南亞醫藥Years

TCM&TOM

Developments

WhilebothWesternandChinesemedicinehavebeenpracticedinChinasincethelate1800s,thetraditionalChineseapproachtomedicinebegantogrowinpopularityintheWestinthe1970s,whentiestoChinaopened.backACUPUNCTURE(針灸)Acupunctureistheinsertionofneedles(針)intotheskinatspecificpointsinordertoaffecttheflowofenergy.ACUPUNCTUREbackHerbsusedinChinesemedicinearederivedfromplant,animal,andmineralsubstances.Althoughplant-derivedherbs,suchasginseng(人參)andginger(姜),arethemostcommon,mineralsandanimalpartssuchasoystershells(牡蠣殼),deerantlers(鹿茸),andbeargallbladder(熊膽)arealsoprescribed.InChina,herbsinpowderformareboiledandmadeintoatea.CHINESEHERBS(中藥)backDIAGNOSIS(診斷)231

Pulse(脈診)takingrequiresyearsoftrainingtomasterandisconsideredoneofthemostimportantdiagnostictoolsinChinesemedicine.Interview(面診):

Thefirststepindiagnosingapatient’sconditionisanextensiveinterviewbytheTCMpractitioner.TongueExamination(舌診):Inadditiontothepulse,theChinesebelievethatthetongueisastrongbarometerofhumanhealth.back

MASSAGE(按摩)

acupuncturewithoutneedles

(不用針的針灸)AllhospitalsinChinathataredevotedtoTraditionalChineseMedicineincludeamassageclinicalongwithacupunctureandherbalmedicine.Chinesemassagewasdevelopedover2,000yearsagoandwaspopularintheTang,Ming,andQingdynasties.

12TheChinesecallthistherapeuticbodyworktuina(推拿),whichliterallymeans"push"and"pull".

3backDIETANDEXERCISE

Ingeneral,theChineseapproachtodietistooptimizedigestionandincreaseqi

andblood(益氣養血)

andaidtheorganfunction(援助器官).Qigongincorporatesposture,movement,breathing,meditation(冥想),visualizationandconsciousintentinordertocleanseorpurifytheqi.Qigong(氣功)anextensionofherbalmedicinebackWhatisTCM

?TheultimategoalofTCMtreatmentistobalancetheyinandyanginourlivesbypromotingthenaturalflowofqi.123backTCMisbasedonabeliefinyinandyang,definedasopposingenergies,suchasearthandheaven,winterandsummer,andhappinessandsadness.TraditionalCh