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This 6 page paper explores some of the facets of traditional Chinese medicine. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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has had good results. The traditional medical establishment is beginning to recognize the benefits of using this alternative therapy along with traditional methods. This paper explores some of
the aspects of traditional Chinese medicine. Brief History Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is "a system of health care based on the late-twentieth-century standardization of medical practices that originated
in China some 2500 years ago" (Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). The "core concepts" of TCM were based in large part on two medical texts, the "Nei Jing" and the
"Nan Jing" (Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). The first was compiled from about 100 B.C. to 100 A.D., and the second from approximately 100 A.D. to 200 A.D. (Traditional Chinese
medicine, 2000). The basic principles of TCM suggest that "disease is the result of imbalances in the flow of the bodys vital energy ... and that the human body
is a microcosm of the basic natural forces at work in the universe" (Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). TCM evolved over the centuries and reached its height in the period 1368-1644,
the Ming Dynasty (Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). It had grown to include such practices as acupuncture, tai chi and physical manipulation as part of its method of disease treatment
(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "began to exploit the remaining TCM practitioners as a
means of making health care accessible to a suffering and underserved population" (Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But even during the period 1644-1949, when TCM was in decline in China,
it was becoming known throughout the rest of the world, thanks to missionaries, diplomats and traders who went to China and returned home with new knowledge (Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000).
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