What is Traditional Chinese Medicine

One of the things we specialise here at Acupuncture Arkansas is Chinese Medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). 

Chinese Medicine is a range of holistic and traditional medical practices used in China for over 3000 years. Throughout its history, it has developed in a comprehensive health care system to diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases, as well as improve well-being in China.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a focus on the integrity of human body and its relationship with its surrounding social and natural environments. It considers a human body as a whole and it has emphasis on improving the inter-connections among systems and organs. This means that it looks into improving the whole body so that resistance to diseases and health can be enhance. 

Its theory is based on a number of philosophical frameworks like the the theory of Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Meridian system, and Zang Fu. 

Overall, Chinese medicine believes that our health is a nice balance of yin and yang  - that is negative force-positive forces along with qi modulates. The qi is described as body natural energy that travels throughout our entire body via specific pathways. 

All the procedures of Chinese medicine are intended to improve the flow of qi.

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