TCM中醫(yī)英文簡介

Traditional

ChineseMedicineTCM

Withahistoryof2000to3000years,TraditionalChineseMedicinehasformedauniquesystemtodiagnoseandcureillness.TheTCMapproachisfundammentallydifferentformthatofWesternmedicine.InTCM,theunderstandingofthehumanbodyisbasedontheholisticunderstandingoftheuniverseasdescribedinDaoism,andthetreatmentofillnessbasedprimarilyonthediagnosisanddifferentiationofsyndromes.TheclinicaldiagnosisandtreatmentinTCMaremainlybasedontheyin-yangandfiveelementstheories.Thesetheoriesapplythephenomenaandlawsofnaturetophysiologicalactivitiesandpathologicalchangesofthehumanbodyanditsinterrelationships.ThetypicalTCMtherapiesincludeacupuncture〔針灸〕,herbalmedicine〔中草藥〕,andqigongexercises〔氣功〕.ThemainfunctionsandprinciplesofTCMThe

four

diagnostic

methods〔四診〕The

four

diagnostic

methods,

namelyinspection,

auscultation

and

olfaction,

inquiry,

pulsetaking

and

palpation,

are

the

four

basic

procedures

used

indiagnosing

a

disease.They

are

the

presuppositions

of

correct

differentiation

and

effective

treatment

in

TCM.

Differentiation

of

syndromes〔辨證治療〕Differentiation

of

syndromes

in

TCM

is

a

methodto

analyse

and

recognize

the

syndrome

of

diseases.

In

otherwords,

it

is

alsoa

process

in

which

the

location,

nature,

occurrenceand

development

of

diseases

as

well

as

the

condition

of

vital

qi

and

pathogenic

factors

are

identifiedaccording

to

the

clinical

data

obtained

from

the

four

diagnosticmethods.Principles

ofprevention

andtreatment

〔防治原那么〕

Prevention

and

treatment

of

disease

are

two

principles

that

must

be

followedin

TCM

work.

Both

of

them

are

important

components

of

the

theoretical

system

of

TCM.

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