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Sometimes it’s difficult for us to understand the school of Chinese medicine because we generally view religion and science as being completely polarized. However, in traditional Chinese medicine, the mind, body and universe are all connected and disturbances in the body are seen as manifestations of imbalance. Maybe we’re not taking time out to meditate and relax, or we’re ingesting all sorts of toxins into the body, or perhaps we’ve had too much or too little change in our lives that sends our bodies out of harmony.

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Ancient written texts such as, “A Treatise On Cold Damage,” and “Basic Questions of Internal Medicine” were written 3,000 years ago, and were the results of oral traditions that started 5,0000 years ago.” In the 1930s, the Nationalist government forbade doctors from practicing what was then called classic Chinese medicine because they feared missing out on scientific progress. Mao Zedong chose ten respected doctors to generate the standardized practice called Traditional Chinese Medicine thirty years later. Today TCM is taught in all Chinese schools and has even made its way around the world, opening schools in England, the US and Russia.

“Yin” and “Yang” , from the Taoist ideas, are one of the basic principles of TCM.The school of Chinese medicine uses the term to describe series of opposites; for example, dark and light, movement and stillness, hot and cold. As day turns into night, the body goes through its own cycles. The body naturally breaks down if the cycle of equilibrium is disrupted by an excess or deficiency of something.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Qigong studies the regulation of movement and breathing. This practice can be performed by anyone, but is most commonly associated with Martial Artists and Buddhists. Progress toward the ultimate goal of cultivating virtue and knowing oneself is achieved through deep relaxation, which acts as a cleansing agent to allow truth, light, joy and healing into the body. In the process, it is believed that one is tapping into a universal energy, according to the school of Chinese medicine. Even people who don’t get into the philosophical meanderings of TCM observe a noticeable calming effect and overall fitness improvement.

Traditional Chinese medicine has several more “scientific” procedures. After all, it’s not all breathing and thinking! Chinese acupuncture is one of these procedures. People suffering from fibromyalgia, sciatica, tendonitis, headaches, carpal tunnel or other pains can be treated. While having a long needle stuck into certain acupuncture points may not sound desirable, patients say that it doesn’t physically hurt more than the usual ache. The more balanced you get over time, the less you feel the needles at all, in fact!

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