The Theories Of Chinese Medicine

Here are the theories of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM):

• Ying and Yang,
• The Five Elements,
• The Five Viscera and Six Bowels,
• The Seven Emotions,
• The Five Flavors of Food,

• The Five Energies of Food,
• Internal Causes Of Disease,
• External Causes Of Disease,
• Other Miscellaneous Causes Of Disease,
• Qi,
• Blood and The Body Fluids,
• The Eight Principles Syndromes,
• The Meridians, and
• The Eight Extra Channels

Chinese medicine are developed over years by observing nature and translated those observations to the human body. The Chinese Medicine ways of healing and resolve dis-harmonies in the body do work. It has a track record of positive results for centuries. However, it remains largely unknown in the West.

Even today, Chinese practitioners don't use Western words like fever, pneumonia, or cancer to describe illness. Instead, they use words that reflect nature, like heat, dampness, and dryness.

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