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CAPABILITIES OF
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Traditional
Chinese Medicine is a system of health care founded on oriental views of the
universe and it’s models of existence such as Yin and Yang, Qi/energy, or
the 5 Elements. The appropriate treatment method(s) for a specific patient
are selected on the basis of information gathered by Traditional Chinese
Medicine diagnostic techniques. This information is then interpreted
according to Traditional Chinese Medicine principles about physiology,
health and illness. The results guide the use of acupuncture and Chinese
Herbal Medicine.
Oriental
Medicine treats the entire range of human illness. It does not, however,
cure the entire range of illness. Such a claim is inaccurate for any form of
medicine. The following list gives a sample of the capabilities of the
medicine. It is drawn from three major textbooks published and used in
China’s traditional medical college system and in the American schools of
Oriental Medicine.
Western Diseases Treated
by
Oriental Medicine in Present-day China
Note: In the
source texts these diseases are differentiated according to TCM. For
example, the single western disease asthma could be due to Lung Qi
Deficiency, or Kidneys Not Grasping Qi, or Wind-Heat Invasion of the Lungs,
or Phelgm-Damp Obstructing the Lungs
Syncope,
sunstroke, common cold, asthma, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice,
constipation, prolapse of rectum, edema, nocturnal enuresis, urinary
disturbance, retention of urine, impotence, insomnia, palpitation,
manic-depressive disorder, epilepsy, dizziness, headache, melancholia,
deviation of eye and mouth, pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea,
dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, morbid leucorrhea, morning sickness,
prolapse of uterus, urticaria, erysipelas, boil, breast abscess, intestinal
abscess, goiter, sprain and contusion, deafness, tinnitus, epistaxis,
toothache, sore throat, optic atrophy, tiredness, myalgic encephalomyelitis,
allergic rhinitis, Parkinson’s disease, atrophy syndrome, multiple
sclerosis, PMS, infectious hepatitis, bronchitis, frostbite, pulmonary
tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, chronic heart failure, hypertension,
hyperthyroidism, diabetes, hypothyroidism, arthritis, facial paralysis,
paraplegia, cerebrovascular accident, hysteria, schizophrenia, mastitis,
intestinal obstruction, hemorrhoids, urinary tract infection, prostatitis,
spermatorrhea, carpal tunnel syndrome, myopia, malpositioned fetus,
insufficient lactation, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, glomerulonephritis,
urinary calculus, gastroduodenal ulcer, ulcerative colitis, neurodermatitis,
Sources:
Chinese
Acupuncture and Moxibustion,
Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, China.
Acupuncture, A
Comprehensive Text,
Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine,
Eastland Press, Seattle.
The Practice of
Chinese Medicine - The Treatment of Disease with Acupuncture and Chinese
Herbs,
Giovanni Maciocia,
Churchill Livingstone, London, England
The
English-Chinese Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine Volume 10,
Internal Medicine;
Higher Education Press, Beijing. |
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