The widespread use of pharmaceutical drugs in the West has given rise to increasing incidence of drug toxicity, and in
some cases complications and death.While drugs target specific diseases, they pose very risks of side effects on other parts
of the body. Chinese herbs on the other hand offer a natural alternative to health without the toxic and hazardous side effects
of of the western drugs.
The Chinese have long known that the herbs can be utilized to provide good
health and make people live a good life. For thousands of years, the Chinese doctors have been prescribing natural herbal
medications which are effective, non-toxic and entirely suitable for human consumption. This time tested tradition focuses
on materials that are natural, and not chemically created.
Much of China's material on herbal
medicine came from court physicians whose very lives depended on their ability to keep the Emperor healthy. If the Emperor
became ill, treatments were first administered to the "commoners" displaying the same symptoms. If a treatment proves successful,
it then administered to the emperor, and recorded for other physicians who might follow. While this method was unfortunate
for the commoners used as test subjects, it has proven itself beneficial to the world who has the benefit of thousands of
years of observation and experimentation.
The knowledge of Herbs was compiled around 2000 years
ago in Huang-Ti Nei Ching (The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine). Even now, this book and its knowledge resonate
the with significance in both Eastern, and increasingly in the Western medical circles. Indeed, the most famous statement
from the book says, "Eliminate disease when it has yet to show Marked Symptoms." This is the basis on which Chinese medicine
is founded.
Chinese herbal medicines have been helping people to live longer healthier lives for
over 5000 years. Traditional Chinese Medicine's basic modality is the promotion of "whole body wellness" through a balanced
systems approach, and not in the eradication of some disease. Over the years China has made astonishing progress in both western
as well as traditional medical practices. Today modern China is a far cry from what many have supposed it to be. Dr. Anna
Cummings, a member of a British Medical Team sent to China to observe oriental health methods, has this to say: "They have
frightfully modern pharmacies with white coated, efficient technicians who go through these old remedies with fine toothed
combs, finding out what's in them. Their achievements in this area are absolutely remarkable". Dr. Dean, another member of
the team stated: "Chinese medicine is in my own opinion the best in the world. In my report I am urging that the British government
send teams of specialists over there as soon as possible to learn anything they can about Chinese methods. Chinese
herbal medicine is one of the most sophisticated medical system in the world , and it's the world's oldest living philosophy
of healthcare being over 3000 years old. Its uniqueness and value lies in the fact that unlike the western medicine whose
practitioners seem to have penchant for either the surgical removal of body parts, or over prescription of drugs, Traditional
Chinese Medicine is a non invasive healing modality focusing on balancing the body's systems naturally. When the body system
are balance, they facilitate the body's ability to heal itself.
With the rapid expansion
of China's policy openness, cultural exchange between the West and the East is beings greatly stimulated. Traditional
Chinese Medicine is attracting more and more interest. Nowadays, highly advanced Western medicine is facing a kind of great
Green Revolution that aims at producing more natural drugs and medical techniques without toxic side effects
that
ancient East Asian medical understanding will combine with modern Western medical knowledge to form a glorious whole, which
our contemporaries and generations to come will appreciate as a great contribution to the cause of human health.
All Chinese nutrition and medicine are based on 2 concerns: - The
body is comprise of a series of systems that are inextricably linked. If any system is facing imbalance, it affects the others
too.
- The key to good health and well-being is balancing these system. As a result, our body is usually physically
out of balance. When being treated by doctors, we often do not seek the root of the problem
The Solid and Hollow Organs
Solid Organs (Zang) and Hollow Organs (Fu) represents the being body system as a whole.
The solid organs
are: the liver, the heart, the spleen, the lungs, and the kidneys. These are the reservoirs of the body for storage of energy.
The Hollow Organs
are: the gall bladder, the small intestine; the stomach; the large intestines; and urine bladder.
Each of these
organs work in pairs: - The heart and the small intestine,
- the liver and the gall bladder,
- the and the large intestine
- the
spleen and the stomach
- the kidneys
and the urine bladder
The
Traditional Chinese Medicine is based around ensuring the flow of Qi, Blood, body fluids and nutrients via the body to these
key organs. Any obstruction leads to illness, and at this point herbal medicine is prescribed to clear the blockage and restore
the system to balance.
Certainly much is made by knowing the correct steps
to take to avoid imbalance in the first place. This is where the TIENS four steps to wellbeing is applicable to improve your
life by helping to keep your body in balance and free of toxins and waste products that so readily build up in our systems
due to the rigors of modern life.
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