What Is Chinese Medicine?

Chinese Medicine is a classical medical system that includes Chinese Herbals, Acupuncture, Moxa, Cupping,  Diet Therapies, Tai Qi, and Meditation. Some people refer to it as TCM.

Chinese Medicine is unique. There is a continuous written record, including thousand of case studies, spanning 2200 years.

Is Chinese Medicine Folk Medicine?

Chinese Medicine is not “folk medicine” but was developed by the educated intelligentsia of ancient China. It is an empirical system based on close observation of large numbers of people over a long period of time. It does use the gains of folk medicine.

But the people that invented paper, silk, gunpowder, and the compass, also developed a system of medicine.

Chinese Medicine’s Beginnings

As long ago as the Han dynasty, circa 200 C.E., Chinese medicine had already achieved a high level of sophistication relative to European medicine.

Our earliest texts explain the how to treat  infectious, traumatic, and chronic disease with Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture 

They also offer advice on diet, prevention, and a healthy lifestyle for mind and body.

Treat the Causes of Diseases as well as their Symptoms

Do you ever feel that your MD just wants to prescribe drugs, and does not have the time, or take the time, to figure out how you got sick in the first place?

Chinese Medicine uses Herbs, Dry Needling, and Acupuncture to treat the causes of your ailment as well as its symptoms.

A PreModern Drug Therapy: Chinese Herbs

Chinese Herbal Medicine is a premodern drug therapy. Actually we use more than just herbs, which is why we also just call it Chinese Medicine. These include minerals and even animal material like fossilized dinosaur bones and dried earthworm!

Chinese Medicine Views Human Beings the Way Gardeners View Plants and the Soil They Grow In

Every human being is a unique terrain with its own particular eco-system. The doctor is a gardener working hand-in-hand with the patient on the soil, using acupuncture and herbs like irrigation and compost, building a plant that is healthy and able to fight disease.

This is the opposite of the Western medical view in which the body is a sum of mechanical parts, to be replaced or treated at the most exact micro level.

To be fair there are definitely times when surgical and drug intervention is necessary. Only why not use it as the last resort?

Chinese Herbal Medicine Is Natural, Safe, Effective, and Free of Side Effects

Unlike Western medicine, Chinese Medical methods can be an antidote to stress. Acupuncture with herbs can have the same beneficial effects as meditation and yoga on the nervous system.

Chinese medicine successfully treats tension headaches, migraines, Women’s Health, respiratory disease, gut-digestive disorders, infectious disease, acne of all types, eczema, and of course acute and chronic pain conditions.

Can I Come in for a Chinese Herbal Diagnosis without getting Acupuncture?

Yes!

Chinese Herbs can be used by themselves, without acupuncture, and often are in China. 

There are also many disorders, like IBS, Menstrual Irregularity, PMS, Insomnia, Anxiety, Weak Immune System, that improve more quickly if you combine your Herbs with acupuncture.

People coming in for acute and chronic pain with Dry Needling and Acupuncture can also benefit from an herbal supplement to relax and nourish the tendons and fascia.

Give us a call at 619-296-7591,  or text, 858-585-1998 if you have any questions about how long you would need to take Chinese Herbs for your ailment…Thank you!