Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM )

Western Medicine is the best solution for acute conditions. However, for treatment of chronic conditions, most modern people are preferring green and safe medicine and this tendency is becoming more and more prominent. Western medicine, which is based upon chemical materials and its side effects are sometimes stronger than the therapeutic roles, could not meet the demands of this new tendency. While traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based upon natural plants, and its comprehensive and flexible treatment strategies always bring about fantastic treatment result. So more and more people in the world are interested in TCM, and TCM is becoming a major medical stream in the world.

As an important part of Chinese traditional culture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has evolved into an unique and complete medical system that is available to the modern world. It is not merely symptomatic medicine, for when correctly applied, a patient is first holistically assessed for an underlying pattern of imbalance. In general, the techniques of TCM are Chinese Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Herbology, Massage, Cupping, Gua Sha, Qi Gong, etc. TCM originated from the summarization of experience of the ancient Chinese people in their struggle against diseases and it also has been tested by the long history of China.
In China there are many secret effective formulas circulating among average people. Some of them have been verified, through clinical experiment, as very effective in treating complicated and difficult diseases, for which even Western medicine is at the end of its resources.

Chinese Herbal Medicine (tcm) is an ancient system of health care , Health is more than just the absence of disease, and Chinese Medicine recognises this with its unique capacity to harmonise and enhance our capacity for enjoyment fulfillment and happiness.

Benefits :

Traditional Chinese medicine offers the following benefits:

• It is believed by some to treat certain chronic illnesses more effectively than Western medicine.
  
• It is holistic; all aspects of the person
  
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  It treats the root cause of the disease as well as the manifest symptoms. Chinese practitioners distinguish between the root (ben) of an illness and its branches (biao). The root is the basic pattern of imbalance in the patient's qi; the branches are the evident symptoms.

  
  
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  Traditional Chinese medicine does not rely on pharmaceutical products that often cause side effects.

  
  
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  It improves a person's general health as well as treating specific diseases or disorders.

  
  
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  It is often less expensive than standard allopathic treatment.

  
  

  Herbal Remedies

  
  

  Traditional Chinese remedies consist of natural preparations. Several thousand years of experimentation have determined the specific medicinal properties of numerous herbs, and the specific prescriptions and treatments that should be used for a wide range of conditions. The famousCompendium of Materia Medica, written by Li Shizhen during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), contains comprehensive descriptions of thousands of Chinese herbal remedies. Traditional Chinese remedies may either be taken internally or applied externally to promote the recovery of normal functioning, in accordance with the theory of "administering treatment according to pattern." Thus the saying, "Western medicine treats the symptom, Chinese medicine treats the root." As more people have become interested in alternative lifestyles in recent years, there has been a corresponding upsurge of interest in herbal medicine and non-pharmaceutical treatments. Traditional Chinese medicine and remedies have become increasingly popular around the world, and the number of Sino-foreign exchanges concerning traditional Chinese medicine and remedies has steadily increased. Japan, the United States, and Germany have established a number of cooperative projects with China, and the World Health Organization has opened seven traditional Chinese medicine centers in China.

  
  

  A traditional Chinese herbal formula typically contains four classes of ingredients, arranged in a hierarchical order: a chief (the principal ingredient, chosen for the patient's specific illness); a deputy (to reinforce the chief's action or treat a coexisting condition); an assistant (to counteract side effects of the first two ingredients); and an envoy (to harmonize all the other ingredients and convey them to the parts of the body that they are to treat).

  
  

  Side Effects

  
  

  Side effects with traditional Chinese medicine are usually minor. With herbal treatments, there should be no side effects if the patient has been given the correct formula and is taking it in the prescribed manner.