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Pulse Diagnosis
Traditional Chinese medicine (tcm) pulse diagnosis is one of the four major assessments in tcm consultation. Through pulse palpation at three locations, i.e. cun, guan and chi, on both wrists, general health condition of a person and a particular organ can be fully recognized.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a technique in which practitioners stimulate specific points on the body—most often by inserting thin needles through the skin. It is one of the practices used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Herbs
Herbal therapy is important in traditional Chinese medicine. It has been used for centuries in China, where herbs are considered fundamental therapy for many acute and chronic conditions. Like acupuncture, Chinese herbs can address unhealthy body patterns that manifest in a variety of symptoms and complaints. The aims of Chinese herbal therapy are to help you regain balance in your body and to strengthen your body’s resistance to disease.
Cupping
Cupping is the term applied to a technique that uses small glass cups or bamboo jars as suction devices that are placed on the skin to disperse and break up stagnation and congestion by drawing congested blood, energy or other humors to the surface.
Auricular acupuncture
Auricular acupuncture is a form of acupuncture that originated in China during the Chou period (first millennium BCE). When performing auricular acupuncture diagnostic technique are completed before treatment. In recent years, auricular acupuncture and body acupuncture have been increasingly used to treat veterans with a wide variety of health conditions. Auricular acupuncture protocols have been developed specifically for use with military populations.
Ear Seeds
Ear seeds are based on the same general principles as acupuncture. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), your health depends on the flow of qi (energy) in your body. Ear seeds are placed on certain points, usually along meridian lines, to help clear up any qi blockages. In TCM, resolving these blockages may help with a variety of health conditions.
Tuina Massage
The goal of tuina massage is to create harmony in the yin and yang of the body by getting rid of blockages and disturbances that manifest as illness, disease, and emotional issues. Similar to acupuncture, tuina massage uses the same energetic meridians and acupoints to balance the qi and blood in your body, leading to better health. Qi that’s flowing incorrectly can cause blockages, such as poor blood circulation in the affected area.
Pediatric Tuina Massage
Pediatric tuina, which is also called traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pediatric massage or pediatric anmo, is a special modality of TCM therapies. It is a manual intervention for preventing and treating medical conditions in children based on TCM theories and previous experience. Different from other massage types, the body part to be treated by pediatric tuina could be a point, a line, a circle, or an area; thus, the corresponding manipulations are more complex. Commonly used tuina techniques include pushing, circular rubbing, nipping, kneading, pushing, arc-pushing, twisting, and rotating. Pediatric tuina is usually used for asthma, respiratory infection, congenital muscular torticollis (CMT), diarrhea, constipation, anorexia, atopic eczema, and other medical conditions in infants and children.
Moxibustion
Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves the burning of dried herbs near the skin. Moxibustion is used on people who have a cold or stagnant condition. The practice expels cold and warms the meridians, which leads to smoother flow of blood and qi. Moxibustion can be used to turn breech babies into a normal head-down position prior to childbirth.
Tai Chi
Tai chi is might well be called “medication in motion.” Exercise with slow movements and focus on the breath. There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice, which originated in China as a martial art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems. And you can get started even if you aren’t in top shape or the best of health.
Meditation
Away to sit quietly and calm your mind. In mindfulness meditation, we’re learning how to pay attention to the breath as it goes in and out, and notice when the mind wanders from this task. This practice of returning to the breath builds the muscles of attention and mindfulness.
Qi
This is also called life energy or vital energy. The belief is that it runs throughout your body. It’s always on the move and constantly changes. TCM treatments often focus on ways to promote and maintain the flow of qi.
Yin and Yang
These are opposites that describe the qualities of qi.
Yin: Night , dark, cold, feminine, negative
Yang: Day, light, warm , positive, male
According to TCM, these ideas play out in our bodies. When you balance the yin and yang of Qi, you feel healthy and well. If they’re out of whack, you feel sick. TCM aims to create harmony and a healthy flow of qi.
What Can Acupuncture Treat?
Diseases that can be treated with Acupuncture and Herbs medicine belong to practically all aspects of medicine including cardiology, surgery, ENT, OB-GYN, Pulmonology, Cardiology, etc.
