Résumé
Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine: the history and basis of TCM, the medical theory explaining acupuncture, chinese herbs and massage, and to conclude a short comparison with the western medicine.
Extract:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is more than 2000 years old. TOM (Traditional Oriental Medicine) generally refers to the system of Chinese medicine practiced until the early 1900s. Up until this period, Chinese medicine had known big growth, but also decline, as Western authority expanded and the teaching of traditional medicine became poorer and limited (...)
Table of contents:
I) HISTORY AND BASIS
II) MEDICAL THEORY
A. The five element theory
B. The eight guiding principles
C. The different kinds of medicine
II) DIFFERENCES WITH WESTERN MEDICINE