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	Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學, zhōngyī xué, or 中药学, zhōngyaò xué) is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices used in China that have developed over the course of several thousand years of history.
		The term TCM is sometimes used specifically within the field of Chinese medicine to refer to the standardized set of theories and practices introduced in the mid-20th century under the government of Mao, as distinguished from related traditional theories and practices preserved by people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and by the overseas Chinese.
		Unlike other forms of traditional medicine which have largely become extinct, traditional Chinese medicine continues as a distinct branch of modern medical practice, and within China, it is an important part of the public health care system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_medicine (2891 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學 or 中药学, zhōngyào xŭe) or traditional Oriental medicine, is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices used in China that have developed over the course of several thousand years of history.
		Unlike these other forms of traditional medicine which have largely become extinct, traditional Chinese medicine continues as a distinct branch of modern medical practice, and within China, it is an important part of the public health care system.
		Because of this, the foundation principles of Oriental Medicine are not necessarily uniform but their continual evolution began approximately between 2000 B.C. and 4000 B.C. The roots of TCM are considered by most to be Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, however, mostly it is based on Taoism which is both a philosophy and a religion.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /traditional_chinese_medicine.htm (3088 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chinese traditional medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學 or 中药学, zhōngyào xŭe) or traditional Oriental medicine, is the name commonly given to a range of China thousands of years ago.
		In the West, TCM is often considered alternative medicine, while in both Mainland China and on Taiwan, TCM is widely considered to be an integral part of the health care system.
		In China, practitioners of Chinese medicine tend to perform functions which in the West would be performed by allied health professionals such as nutritionists, pharmacists, nurses, chiropractors physical therapists and other rehabilition specialists.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinese-traditional-medicine (3021 words)

	Alternative & Traditional Medicine
		Although "traditional medicine" is often used synonymously for orthodox medicine, Webster's definition of "traditional" would suggest that this term is not an appropriate identifier for conventional medicine.
		Traditional is defined as the handing down of opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, especially by oral communication.3 Correct word usage would dictate traditional medicine be reserved for Chinese, Ayurvedic, Tibetan, or other indigenous medical systems.5 All of these have century-old philosophies and practice foundations, which are heavily rooted in the traditions of each society.
		In the sense that allopathic medicine would claim its basis to be scientific, rather than cultural or spiritual, traditional medicine should not be used synonymously with orthodox medicine.
	www.drgrisanti.com /medicine1.htm (2449 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chinese-American Communities
		Traditional medicine, as practice in China and other East Asian countries, is a coherent and sophisticated system of techniques and methods.
		Essentially, in Chinese medicine, the body and mind are not seen as a mechanism but as a unified vortex of energy and vital substances that are in constant interaction and dynamic change and fluctuation, the result of which is the creation of an organism, a human being(Kleinman, pg.
		Another strength of traditional medicine is that it treats the person as a whole as opposed to Western medicine, which sees the human being as consisting of isolable systems.
	www.camsociety.org /issues/Attitudes.htm (4570 words)

	Traditional Chinese medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學 or 中药学, zhōngyào) or traditional Oriental medicine, is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices originating in China thousands of years ago.
		TCM developed as a form of pre-modern therapeutic intervention (also described as folk medicine) or traditional medicine, rooted in ancient religious belief systems.
		The basic mechanism of TCM is akin to treating the body as a flbox, recording and classifying changes and observations of the patient using a traditional philosophy.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/traditional_chinese_medicine (2090 words)

	AMFI-Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource Guide
		Similarly, the fire element is associated with early summer, the heart, and small intestines; the earth element corresponds to late summer, the stomach and spleen; metal is associated with autumn, the lungs and large intestine; and water is associated with winter, the kidneys and bladder.
		In contrast to Western medicine's teaching of a separation between the mind and body, TCM views each organ as having particular body and mind functions, as illustrated in the belief that the liver is involved in planning, and in the storage of anger, while the gall bladder is the organ of decision-making.
		The ACTCM is a private independent graduate school preparing candidates to enter the practice of traditional Chinese medicine, instilling in graduates the theoretical structures and analytical abilities necessary for continued professional learning through their practice, and providing graduates with an understanding of bioethics and professional responsibilities.
	www.amfoundation.org /tcm.htm (4470 words)

	Learn more about Traditional Chinese medicine in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Traditional Chinese medicine, abbreviated as TCM, also known as "Chinese medicine" or "Traditional Oriental Medicine") is the traditional medicine dating back to antiquity and originating in China.
		TCM is usually regarded as a complementary and alternative medicine.
		For example, modern applications of TCM include alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy when treating cancer patients, helping drug addicts get clean, and treating a variety of chronic conditions that allopathic medicine is often ineffective against.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/tr/traditional_chinese_medicine.html (652 words)

	Asian flu prophylactic treatment with Chinese traditional herbal medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is traditional practice in China to protect yourself and your family from all kinds of virus attacks by eating special food or adding ingredients like well known mushrooms to the daily diet.
		Traditional Chinese medicine has not known the scientific details about viruses, but it rather described their effects on the body and how to avoid getting fever, joint pains, headache, diarrhea, fatigue - in modern words: a virus infection.
		Among the more exclusive medicine has been the mushroom Ganoderma lucidum and it was called the 'Emperor's medicine' as it was available only to the rich people.
	natureproducts.net /Medicine/revivo_asian_flu.html (900 words)

	traditional Chinese medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		While TCM was fading in China it was nevertheless migrating to the rest of the globe as traders, missionaries, and diplomats visited East Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries and returned home with reports and texts of the classical practices.
		Mastering the full range of Chinese medicine is a complex process that requires many years of study and practice.
	www.wholehealthmd.com /refshelf/substances_view/0,1525,10085,00.html (1850 words)

	Introduction to Chinese Medicine/TCM
		In TCM, the understanding of the human body is based on the holistic understanding of the universe as described in Daoism, and the treatment of illness is based primarily on the diagnosis and differentiation of syndromes.
		Traditional Chinese medicine treatment starts with the analysis of the entire system, then focuses on the correction of pathological changes through readjusting the functions of the zang-fu organs.
		Herbal medicine acts on zang-fu organs internally, while qigong tries to restore the orderly information flow inside the network through the regulation of Qi.
	www.tcmpage.com (389 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Acupuncture: Oriental medicine is an effective, low cost medical treatment that works in harmony with the body's natural healing ability.
		For authentic practitioners of Oriental Medicine, the interplay of Organs/Emotions/Spirit is inescapable.
		Traditional Chinese Medicine classifies foods by their energetic values rather than their caloric or fat content.
	qi-journal.com /tcm.asp (241 words)

	WHO \| Traditional medicine
		Traditional medicine refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being.
		In the United States, 158 million of the adult population use complementary medicines and according to the USA Commission for Alternative and Complementary medicines, US $17 billion was spent on traditional remedies in 2000.
		While China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam have fully integrated traditional medicine into their health care systems, many countries are yet to collect and integrate standardized evidence on this type of health care.
	www.who.int /mediacentre/factsheets/fs134/en (1172 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine and Qigong
		Traditional Chinese Medicine ("TCM") is an integral part of Chinese culture.
		Today both of TCM and western medicine are being used in providing medical and health services in China.
		TCM is defined as a medical science governing the theory and practice of traditional Chinese medicine.
	www.index-china.com /index-english/TCM-s.html (760 words)

	Traditional Healing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brings traditional healing practices side-by-side with Western medicine to further incorporate Alaska Native values, beliefs and practices for the ultimate benefit of Native patients, families, and communities.
		Traditional Ecological Knowledge is a cumulative body of knowledge and beliefs, handed down through generations by cultural transmission, about the relationship of living beings (including humans) with one another and with their environment.
		Ann Garibaldi's book is a compilation of traditional medicinal plant use by Alaska Natives from across the state.
	www.arctichealth.org /tm.php (640 words)

	Traditional Tibetan medicine - Dr. Keyzom Bhutti, Boston, Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Elements of Indian, Chinese and Greek medical traditions are integrated with Tibetan practices in a Coherent and powerful system.
		Today it continues to be practiced in Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Mongolia and is spreading to North America and Europe.
		Prepared by Amjee Keyzom Bhutti from different medicinal herbs and oils according to the ancient Tibetan science of healing.
	www.tibetanherbalhealing.com (368 words)

	The Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the oldest school of acupuncture and Oriental medicine in Texas.
		Founded in 1990 as the Texas Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the institution was a candidate for accreditation by Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) in 1994, and was accredited in 1996 and re-accredited in 2000 and 2004 by the Commission.
		The Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is committed to the pursuit of excellence, integrity and quality enhancement in the fulfilling of its mission.
	www.texastcm.edu (296 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It's first textbook, Huang Di Nei Jing (The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic of Medicine) made its appearance about 2,500 years ago, though it is widely believed that the practice of TCM is much older.
		The whole goal of TCM is to figure out what is out of balance in a person, and through diet and lifestyle changes, the taking of medicine, and where appropriate, acupuncture and /or tui na bring the person back to balance.
		The goal of pharmaceutical medicine is to suppress symptoms.
	www.patrickpurdue.com /ChineseMedicine.html (480 words)

	traditional Chinese medicine - traditional Oriental medicine to relieve your complex physical and emotional disorders
		Traditional Oriental medicine, which includes Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, African, Unani-Tibb, and Ayurvedic medicines, are rare arts that are very popular in Europe and the Far East.
		Traditional medicines also can help to deal with complex disorders of long standing.
		A physician who treats using the philosophies of traditional medicine believes that for positive results there has to be mutual trust, mutual responsibility and a common commitment between the physician and his patient.
	www.drgrotte.com /traditional-medicine.htm (328 words)

	Chi, China, Chicanery: Traditional Chinese Medicine (Skeptical Inquirer September 1995)
		Traditional Chinese medicine is thousands of years old and has literally more than a billion satisfied customers.
		When one manipulates an acupuncture point, the traditional explanation for any effect that occurs is that it is caused by an alteration of the flow of Chi under that point.
		I also believe that modern medicine and healthcare have many problems that should be looked at seriously and possibly fixed.
	www.csicop.org /si/9509/chi.html (3998 words)

	Chinese Medicine and Cancer - Richard Walters - HealthWorld Online
		Many nutritive tonics and herbal medicines were developed to alleviate pain and prolong survival by strengthening the body's life forces and arresting tumor progression.
		Another component of Chinese medicine used in cancer treatment is chi gong a 3,000-year-old exercise that combines the slow, symmetrical, graceful movements of tai chi with meditation, relaxation, patterned breathing, guided imagery, and other behavioral techniques.
		From the standpoint of traditional Chinese medicine, chi gong energizes the body's vital forces, balances yin and yang, strengthens blood circulation, and improves the patient's emotional and mental states.
	www.healthy.net /library/books/options/chinese.htm (4232 words)

	TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Drugstore, Drug Store, TCM Pharmacy, Prescription Drugs, Medicine, Medical, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Color illustrations are provided for many of the herbs, so that browsers can visually identify the herbal medicines, differentiate the genuine from the false, and avoid the confusions arising from the nomenclature variations of herbal medicines.
		Recently Western medicine has found the meridian/brain mechanism that provides the pain block from the message that the needle or burning cone of herbs gives to the point of stimulus.
		TCMBasics.com is an associated e-commerce portal of traditional chinese medicine of Wyith Incorporated.
	tcmbasics.com (898 words)

	Kenyan parliament to debate traditional medicine - SciDev.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The development of the policy is in line with a commitment by the African Union to recognise the period 2001-2010 as a decade of traditional medicine.
		The proposed policy emphasises the need for guidelines on the way that traditional medicine is practiced, as well as for practitioners to receive training in ways of preserving such knowledge, and to take part in research and development projects aimed at improving its effectiveness.
		The country’s medical profession has given a cautious welcome to the draft law, expressing support for the recognition of traditional medicine, but warning that it continues to have reservations about the ethical basis on which some of the medicine is administered.
	www.scidev.net /news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1165&language=1 (535 words)

	Pearl Publishing House: Islamic Traditional Medicine
		Such guidance in physical wellness is better defined in pursuing three avenues including: preventive medicine, abstaining from what is harmful and cleansing the body and flushing out pernicious toxins.
		In this study, we will also introduce the medical guidance which is instituted by God’s messenger h, upon whom be peace, and surely there is no better way to apply such knowledge than through their guidance.
		The experienced physician or hakim can identify such disorders and either eliminate the causes that infringed upon the proper constitution of a healthy body, or he maybe able to stabilize them and gradually, with the proper treatment, deal with the disease by using the correct antidote.
	www.pearlpublishing.com /medtradit.shtml (1547 words)

	Kenya to develop traditional medicine action plan - SciDev.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kenya's move to regulate traditional medicine coincides with a draft bill on regulating traditional knowledge currently awaiting debate in parliament.
		Earlier attempts to regulate the industry, including requiring the registration of traditional healers, have failed as a result of bitter rivalries between conventional doctors and traditional practitioners.
		Newton Kulundu, Kenya's environment minister, suggested at last week's meeting that increased research into developing traditional medicines for the poor could be used to encourage communities to conserve biological diversity.
	www.scidev.net /News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=1461&language=1 (495 words)

	CBC News: Traditional Chinese medicine may be regulated in Ontario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CBC News: Traditional Chinese medicine may be regulated in Ontario
		Traditional Chinese medicine may be regulated in Ontario
		For the 5,000-year-old form of herbal medicine, an incorrect diagnosis and wrong dose can be potentially fatal, said Tang, who went to university in China.
	www.cbc.ca /story/science/national/2005/03/17/Chinese-medicine050317.html (334 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine \| AHealthyMe.com
		Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a complete system of healing that developed in China about 3,000 years ago and has changed very little over the centuries.
		Few studies in western journals have measured the effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine, but you're likely to get better results by going to an experienced herbalist than by trying to self-medicate with the "one-size-fits-all" commercially prepared formulas in health food stores.
		The American Association of Oriental Medicine has a list on their Website (www.aaom.org) of products that they've found to be contaminated.
	www.ahealthyme.com /article/primer/100026128 (761 words)

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