Traditional Chinese Medicine: Philosophy Speech: Traditional Chinese Medicine

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洪颖琳 philosophy speech

Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the oldest medical systems in the world. It generally adresses how and what causes ilness in a particular patient and then treats the patient, not the ilness, unlike Western scientific Medicine which generally provides treatment for a specific illness.

Chinese medicine does not believe that bacteria and viruses are the cause of disease. Instead, it talks about influences that cause "disharmony" in Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang is basically a concept based on the balance between good and bad. Traditional chinese medicine belives that health is an ongoing process in your body of maintaining balance and harmony in the circulation of Qi. Qi is a kind of life force or vital energy in which traditional chinese practicioners belive circulates the body through pathway systems called meridians. Chinese people believe if we can control the Qi inside our bodies, we can treat any disease.

The roots of TCM extend back to the days of Taoism, originating with the study of the healing properties of plants and flowers. Sheng Nong Shénnóng w...

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