英文介绍中医药

CHINESETRADITIONALMEDICINE主讲人：ContentABriefHistory

ChineseHerbs(中药)Diagnosis(诊断)Acupuncture(针灸)Massage(按摩)DietandExercise

ABriefHistoryTherootsofChineseTraditionalMedicine(alsoreferredtoasTCM)datebackmorethan2000years.TraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM)-中国医药

TraditionalOrientalMedicine(TOM)-东南亚医药Years

TCM&TOM

Developments

WhilebothWesternandChinesemedicinehavebeenpracticedinChinasincethelate1800s,thetraditionalChineseapproachtomedicinebegantogrowinpopularityintheWestinthe1970s,whentiestoChinaopened.backACUPUNCTURE(针灸)Acupunctureistheinsertionofneedles(针)intotheskinatspecificpointsinordertoaffecttheflowofenergy.ACUPUNCTUREbackHerbsusedinChinesemedicinearederivedfromplant,animal,andmineralsubstances.Althoughplant-derivedherbs,suchasginseng(人参)andginger(姜),arethemostcommon,mineralsandanimalpartssuchasoystershells(牡蛎壳),deerantlers(鹿茸),andbeargallbladder(熊胆)arealsoprescribed.InChina,herbsinpowderformareboiledandmadeintoatea.CHINESEHERBS(中药)backDIAGNOSIS(诊断)231

Pulse(脉诊)takingrequiresyearsoftrainingtomasterandisconsideredoneofthemostimportantdiagnostictoolsinChinesemedicine.Interview(面诊):

Thefirststepindiagnosingapatient’sconditionisanextensiveinterviewbytheTCMpractitioner.TongueExamination(舌诊):Inadditiontothepulse,theChinesebelievethatthetongueisastrongbarometerofhumanhealth.back

MASSAGE(按摩)

acupuncturewithoutneedles

(不用针的针灸)AllhospitalsinChinathataredevotedtoTraditionalChineseMedicineincludeamassageclinicalongwithacupunctureandherbalmedicine.Chinesemassagewasdevelopedover2,000yearsagoandwaspopularintheTang,Ming,andQingdynasties.

12TheChinesecallthistherapeuticbodyworktuina(推拿),whichliterallymeans"push"and"pull".

3backDIETANDEXERCISE

Ingeneral,theChineseapproachtodietistooptimizedigestionandincreaseqi

andblood(益气养血)

andaidtheorganfunction(援助器官).Qigongincorporatesposture,movement,breathing,meditation(冥想),visualizationandconsciousintentinordertocleanseorpurifytheqi.Qigong(气功)anextensionofherbalmedicinebackWhatisTCM

?TheultimategoalofTCMtreatmentistobalancetheyinandyanginourlivesbypromotingthenaturalflowofqi.123backTCMisbasedonabeliefinyinandyang,definedasopposingenergies,suchasearthandheaven,winterandsummer,andhappinessandsadness.TraditionalCh