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（中医）旅西华人为儿子刮痧遭警方拘捕

据西班牙欧浪网报道,在西班牙做生意的陈女士因为患感冒的9岁儿子经医院治疗后并没多少好转而用中国传统的刮痧方式为儿子治疗，却被警方以虐待儿童罪拘捕，并失去了对儿子的抚养监护权。这简直就是电影《刮痧》的现实版。从这些事件中可以看出西方人对我们中华名族特有的传统医学--中医有多么的不了解。然而，身处现代社会的我们对中医了解又有多少呢？今天，我就为大家讲一讲“中医”[TraditionalMedicine[TraditionalmedicinerevolvesAroundtheprinciplesofYinandYang,whicharetheoppositesfoundineverything,suchasday(Yang)ornight.(Yin)Practitionersbelievethateverypersonhasalifeforceknownas“Qi.”Thepurposeofmedicineistoestablishabalanceofthebody’sQi.ThefirstuseofChineseMedicinedatesbackto200B.C.TheformsofChineseMedicineinclude:Acupuncture/Pressure,Moxibustion,Herbalremedies,NutritionalBalance,Massage,Qi-Gong,TaiChiandMeditation.[Acupuncture[OneoftheoldestformsofChineseMedicineAcupunctureinvolvesthestimulationofanatomicalpointsonthebodywiththinneedled.Contrarytowhatyoumightthink,acupuncturepatientsusuallyfeellittletonopain.Acupunctureneedlesarehair-thinandaremanipulatedeitherbyhandorelectricity.Needlesareplacedat“Yin/YangMeridianpoints”[Moxibustion[Moxibustioninvolvestheplacementofburntmoxaonspecificpointsofthebody.ThepurposeistostrengthenthebloodandimproveQiflow.2methods,directandindirectTraditionallyusedtotreatcolds.Inwesternmedicine,itisusedtoturnbreechbabiestoanormalpositionforchildbirth[Herbs[HerbsareavitalpartofChinesehealing.Eachingredienthasuniquecharacteristics.Theingredientsworkinharmonytohelpaperson’sbody.HerbscanhelpboostQiandbalanceYin/Yang.SomeChineseherbscanbepurchasedintheUS.[Massage[ChinesemassageisknownasTuiNaUseswave-likemotionstoloosenjointsandnourishmuscles.Bringsawarenessbacktoaperson’sbody,makingitafirststepinthehealingprocess.StimulatestheflowofQi,bloodandbodyfluidsCanbeusedtotreatpain,stressordigestionproblems.[Qigong[QigongisaChineseformofexercise.ItregulatesthemindandbreathingtopromotetheflowofQi.Qigongisoftenusedtotreatdiseases.