Authentic Chinese Herbs & Acupuncture

Historical roots of Traditional Chinese Medicine (中醫歷史與根源)

Oriental Medicine is a complete health care system capable of delivering
both primary and specialized care. It’s based on principles which began evolving approximately in 4000BC in far east Asia (This area included what are now China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, and Vietnam.) and which continue to evolve. The roots of Oriental Medicine are considered by most to be Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

In the 20th century Oriental Medicine serves almost two billion people in Far East Asia, the former Soviet Union and Europe. In the U.S. thirty-eight states have scope of practice for NCCAOM National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine or equivalent level practitioners.

Research on Oriental Medicine has been continual in China since the early 1950’s. After the civil war was settled in 1948, the Communist Government of China realized it could not afford to train, let alone equip, a sufficient number of allopathic doctors to meet the needs of the country’s population. The government evaluation of the traditional medicine showed that it had enough effectiveness to warrant not only active use and perpetuation but development. Today Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is practiced in allopathic hospitals, in traditional hospitals, in conjunction with allopathic medicine, and hybrids of both forms of medicine have been developed.

Basic Traditional Chinese Medical Theory  (中醫理論基礎)

TCM practitioners view the body, mind, and spirit as one system, as opposed to Western medicine practitioners, who are taught to regard each of these elements as separate.

Chinese medical theory basically rests upon the concept that pathways of life energy (Qi), called meridians, originate in the internal organs and transverse the surface of the ody. These are the meridians of acupuncture. Before ingested herbs reach the internal organs, they pass through the meridian system, thereby producing effects far distant from the organs themselves. For example, treatment of the genitalia demands herbs for the liver, since the liver meridian flows through the genitalia. To augment herbal treatment, the meridian system may also be stimulated with massage, needles (Acupuncture), moxibustion, ultrasound, or laser. Meridians relate to the major arteries, nerves, and lymphatic and have many points in common with them.