Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine

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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: zhng y; literally "Chinese medicine") is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (Tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy.[1] The doctrines of Chinese medicine are rooted in books such as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon and the Treatise on Cold Damage, as well as in cosmological notions like yin-yang and the five phases. Starting in the 1950s, these precepts were standardized in the People's Republic of China, including attempts to integrate them with modern notions of anatomy and pathology. Nonetheless, the bulk of these precepts, including the model of the body, or concept of disease, is not supported by science or evidence-based medicine. TCM's view of the body places little emphasis on anatomical structures, but is mainly concerned with the identification of functional entities (which regulate digestion, breathing, aging etc.). While health is perceived as harmonious interaction of these entities and the outside world, disease is interpreted as a disharmony in interaction. TCM diagnosis includes in tracing symptoms to patterns of an underlying disharmony, by measuring the pulse, inspecting the tongue, skin, eyes and by looking at the eating and sleeping habits of the patient as well as many other things.

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History
Traces of therapeutic activities in China date from the Shang dynasty (14th11th centuries BCE). Though the Shang did not have a concept of "medicine" as distinct from other fields, their oracular inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells refer to illnesses that affected the Shang royal family: eye disorders, toothaches, bloated abdomen, etc.,[2] which Shang elites usually attributed to curses sent by their ancestors. There is no evidence that the Shang nobility used herbal remedies. Stone and bone needles found in ancient tombs have made Joseph Needham speculate that acupuncture might have been carried out in the Shang dynasty.[3] But most historians now make a distinction between medical lancing (or bloodletting) and acupuncture in the narrower sense of using metal needles to treat illnesses by stimulating specific points along circulation channels ("meridians") in accordance with theories related to the circulation of Qi.[4] The earliest public evidence for acupuncture in this sense dates to the second or first century BCE.[5] The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, the oldest received work of Chinese medical theory, was compiled around the first century BCE on the basis of shorter texts from different medical lineages.[6] Written in the form of dialogues between the legendary Yellow Emperor and his ministers, it offers explanations on the relation between humans, their environment, and the cosmos, on the contents of the body, on human vitality and pathology, on the symptoms of illness, and on how to make diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in light of all these factors. Unlike earlier texts like Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments, which was excavated in the 1970s from a tomb that had been sealed in 168 BCE, the Inner Canon rejected the influence of spirits and the use of magic. It was also one of the first books in which the cosmological doctrines of Yinyang and the Five Phases were brought to a mature synthesis.
The Compendium of Materia Medica is a pharmaceutical text written by Li Shizhen (15181593 AD) during the Ming Dynasty of China. This edition was published in 1593.

Acupuncture chart from Hua Shou (fl. 1340s, Yuan Dynasty). This image from Shi si jing fa hui (Expression of the Fourteen Meridians). (Tokyo: Suharaya Heisuke kanko, Kyoho gan 1716).

The Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders and Miscellaneous Illnesses was collated by Zhang Zhongjing sometime between 196 and 220 CE, at the end of the Han dynasty. Focusing on drug prescriptions rather than acupuncture, it was the first medical work to combine Yinyang and the Five Phases with drug therapy. This formulary was also the earliest public Chinese medical text to group symptoms into clinically useful "patterns" (zheng ) that could serve as targets for therapy although the private scrolls held by families were jealously guarded and although it is not known for sure what is in them, the traditional school today say that they have had this information for much longer. Having gone through numerous changes over time, the formulary now circulates as two distinct books: the Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders and the Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Casket, which were edited separately in the eleventh century, under the Song dynasty.[7] In the centuries that followed the completion of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, several shorter books tried to summarize or systematize its contents. The Canon of Problems (probably second century CE) tried to reconcile divergent doctrines from the Inner Canon and developed a complete medical system centered on needling therapy. The AB Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhenjiu jiayi jing , compiled by Huangfu Mi sometime between 256 and 282 CE) assembled a consistent body of doctrines concerning acupuncture; whereas the Canon of the Pulse (Maijing ; ca. 280) presented itself as a "comprehensive handbook of diagnostics and

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Historical physicians
These include Zhang Zhongjing, Hua Tuo, Sun Simiao, Tao Hongjing, Zhang Jiegu, and Li Shizhen.

Philosophical background
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based on Yinyangism (i.e., the combination of Five Phases theory with Yin-yang theory), which was later absorbed by Daoism.[8]

Yin and yang

Yin and yang are ancient Chinese concepts which can be traced back to the Shang dynasty[9] (16001100BC). They represent two abstract[10] and complementary aspects that every phenomenon in the universe can be divided into. Primordial analogies for these aspects are the sun-facing (yang) and the shady (yin) side of a hill.[11] Two other commonly used representational allegories of yin and yang are water and fire. In the yin-yang theory, detailed attributions are made regarding the yin or yang character of things:

Yin and yang symbol for balance. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, good health is believed to be achieved by a balance between yin and yang.

Phenomenon Celestial bodies Gender Location Temperature Direction [13]

Yin

Yang sun male outside hot upward

[12] moon female inside cold downward

Degree of humidity damp/moist dry

The concept of yin and yang is also applicable to the human body; for example, the upper part of the body and the back are assigned to yang, while the lower part of the body are believed to have the yin character.[14] Yin and yang characterization also extends to the various body functions, and more importantly to disease symptoms (e.g., cold and heat sensations are assumed to be yin and yang symptoms, respectively). Thus, yin and yang of the body are seen as phenomena whose lack (or overabundance) comes with characteristic symptom combinations: Yin vacuity (also termed "vacuity-heat"): heat sensations, possible night sweats, insomnia, dry pharynx, dry mouth, dark urine, a red tongue with scant fur, and a "fine" and rapid pulse.[15] Yang vacuity ("vacuity-cold"): aversion to cold, cold limbs, bright white complexion, long voidings of clear urine, diarrhea, pale and enlarged tongue, and a slightly weak, slow and fine pulse.[16] TCM also identifies drugs believed to treat these specific symptom combinations, i.e., to reinforce yin and yang.[17]

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Five Phases theory

Five Phases ( , pinyin: w xng), sometimes also translated as the "Five Elements"[18] theory, presumes that all phenomena of the universe and nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities represented by wood (, pinyin: m), fire (pinyin: hu), earth (, pinyin: t), metal (, pinyin: jn), and water (, pinyin: shu).[19] In this way, lines of correspondence can be drawn:

Interactions of Wu Xing

Phenomenon Direction Colour [20] east

Wood south red heat bitter Heart

Fire center

Earth west white dryness acrid Lung

Metal north black cold salty Kidney Bladder ears

Water

[21]

green/blue wind sour

yellow damp sweet Spleen Stomach mouth bridge of nose

Climate [22] Taste Zang Organ

[23] Liver Gallbladder

Fu Organ

Small Intestine tongue

Large Intestine nose

[24] eye Sense organ Facial part Eye part [25]

above bridge of nose between eyes, lower part iris

between eyes, middle part cheeks (below cheekbone) pupil

[26]

inner/outer corner of the eye upper and lower lid sclera

Strict rules are identified to apply to the relationships between the Five Phases in terms of sequence, of acting on each other, of counteraction etc. All these aspects of Five Phases theory constitute the basis of the zng-f concept, and thus have great influence regarding the TCM model of the body. Five Phase theory is also applied in diagnosis and therapy. Correspondences between the body and the universe have historically not only been seen in terms of the Five Elements, but also of the "Great Numbers" ( , pinyin: d sh)[27] For example, the number of acu-points has at times been seen to be 365, in correspondence with the number of days in a year; and the number of main meridians 12 has been seen in correspondence with the number of rivers flowing through the ancient Chinese empire.[28]

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Model of the body

TCM's view of the human body is only marginally concerned with anatomical structures, but focuses primarily on the body's functions[29][30] (such as digestion, breathing, temperature maintenance, etc.): "The tendency of Chinese thought is to seek out dynamic functional activity rather than to look for the fixed somatic structures that perform the activities. Because of this, the Chinese have no system of anatomy comparable to that of the West." Ted Kaptchuk,The Web That Has No Weaver These functions are aggregated and then associated with a primary functional entity for instance, nourishment of the tissues and maintenance of their moisture are seen as connected functions, and the entity postulated to be responsible for these functions is xu (blood).[31] These functional entities thus constitute concepts rather than something with biochemical or anatomical properties[32]

Old Chinese medical chart on acupuncture meridians

The primary functional entities used by traditional Chinese medicine are q, xu, the five zng organs, the six f organs, and the meridians which extend through the organ systems.[33] These are all theoretically interconnected: each zng organ is paired with a f organ, which are nourished by the blood and concentrate qi for a particular function, with meridians being extensions of those functional systems throughout the body. Attempts to reconcile these concepts with modern science in terms of identifying a physical correlate of them have so far failed.[34]

Qi
TCM distinguishes not only one but several different kinds of qi (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: q).[35] In a general sense, qi is something that is defined by five "cardinal functions":[36] 1. Actuation ( , tudng) of all physical processes in the body, especially the circulation of all body fluids such as blood in their vessels. This includes actuation of the functions of the zang-fu organs and meridians. 2. Warming ( , pinyin: wnx) the body, especially the limbs. 3. Defense ( , pinyin: fngy) against Exogenous Pathogenic Factors 4. Containment ( , pinyin: gsh) of body fluids, i.e. keeping blood, sweat, urine, semen etc. from leakage or excessive emission. 5. Transformation ( , pinyin: qhu) of food, drink, and breath into qi, xue (blood), and jinye (fluids), and/or transformation of all of the latter into each other. Vacuity of qi will especially be characterized by pale complexion, lassitude of spirit, lack of strength, spontaneous sweating, laziness to speak, non-digestion of food, shortness of breath (especially on exertion), and a pale and enlarged tongue. Qi is believed to be partially generated from food and drink, and partially from air (by breathing). Another considerable part of it is inherited from the parents and will be consumed in the course of life. In terms of location, TCM uses special terms for qi running inside of the blood vessels and for qi which is distributed in the skin, muscles, and tissues between those. The former is called yng-q (simplified Chinese: ; traditional

Traditional Chinese medicine Chinese: ), its function is to complement xu and its nature has a strong yin aspect (although qi in general is considered to be yang). The latter is called we-q (Chinese: ), its main function is defence and it has pronounced yang nature. Qi also circulates in the meridians. Just as the qi held by each of the zang-fu organs, this is considered to be part of the principal qi ( , pinyin: yunq) of the body[37] (also called pinyin: zhn q, true qi, or pinyin: yun q, original qi).[38]

Xue
In contrast to the majority of other functional entities, xu (, "blood") is correlated with a physical form the red liquid running in the blood vessels. Its concept is, nevertheless, defined by its functions: nourishing all parts and tissues of the body, safeguarding an adequate degree of moisture, and sustaining and soothing both consciousness and sleep. Typical symptoms of a lack of xu (usually termed "blood vacuity" [ , pinyin: xu x]) are described as: Pale-white or withered-yellow complexion, dizziness, flowery vision, palpitations, insomnia, numbness of the extremities; pale tongue; "fine" pulse.[39] Jinye Closely related to xu are the jny ( , usually translated as "body fluids"), and just like xu they are considered to be yin in nature, and defined first and foremost by the functions of nurturing and moisturizing the different structures of the body. Their other functions are to harmonize yin and yang, and to help with the secretion of waste products.[40] Jny are ultimately extracted from food and drink, and constitute the raw material for the production of xu; conversely, xu can also be transformed into jny. Their palpable manifestations are all bodily fluids: tears, sputum, saliva, gastric juice, joint fluid, sweat, urine, etc.[41]

Zang-fu
The zng-f (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) constitute the centre piece of TCM's systematization of bodily functions. Bearing the names of organs, they are, however, only secondarily tied to (rudimentary) anatomical assumptions (the f a little more, the zng much less). As they are primarily defined by their functions,[42][43] they are not equivalent to the anatomical organs to highlight this fact, their names are usually capitalized. The term zng () refers to the five entities considered to be yin in nature Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney , while f () refers to the six yang organs Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Gallbladder, Urinary Bladder, Stomach and Snjia.[44] The zng's essential functions consist in production and storage of q and xu; in a wider sense they are stipulated to regulate digestion, breathing, water metabolism, the musculoskeletal system, the skin, the sense organs, aging, emotional processes, mental activity etc. The f organs' main purpose is merely to transmit and digest ( , pinyin: chun-hu)[45] substances like waste, food, etc. Since their concept was developed on the basis of W Xng philosophy, each zng is paired with a f, and each zng-f pair is assigned to one of five elemental qualities (i.e., the Five Elements or Five Phases).[46] These correspondences are stipulated as: Fire () = Heart (, pinyin: xn) and Small Intestine (- , pinyin: xiachng) (and, secondarily, Snjia [ , "Triple Burner"] and Pericardium [ , pinyin: xnba]) Earth () = Spleen (, pinyin: p) and Stomach (, pinyin: we) Metal () = Lung (, pinyin: fe) and Large Intestine ( , pinyin: dchng)

Traditional Chinese medicine Water () = Kidney (, pinyin: shn) and Bladder ( , pinyin: pnggung) Wood () = Liver (, pinyin: gn) and Gallbladder (, pinyin: dn) The zng-f are also connected to the twelve standard meridians each yang meridian is attached to a f organ and five of the yin meridians are attached to a zng. As there are only five zng but six yin meridians, the sixth is assigned to the Pericardium, a peculiar entity almost similar to the Heart zng.[47]

Jing-luo
The meridians ( , pinyin: jng-lu) are believed to be channels running from the zng-f in the interior (, pinyin: l) of the body to the limbs and joints ("the surface" [, pinyin: bia]), transporting qi and xu.[48][49] TCM identifies 12 "regular" and 8 "extraordinary" meridians; the Chinese terms being (pinyin: sh-r jngmi, lit. "the Twelve Vessels") and (pinyin: q jng b mi) respectively.[50] There's also a number of less customary channels branching off from the "regular" meridians.

Concept of disease
In general, disease is perceived as a disharmony (or imbalance) in the functions or interactions of yin, yang, qi, xu, zng-f, meridians etc. and/or of the interaction between the human body and the environment.[51] Therapy is based on which "pattern of disharmony" can be identified.[52][53] Thus, "pattern discrimination" is the most important step in TCM diagnosis. It is also known to be the most difficult aspect of practicing TCM.[54] In order to determine which pattern is at hand, practitioners will examine things like the color and shape of the tongue, the relative strength of pulse-points, the smell of the breath, the quality of breathing or the sound of the voice.[55] For example, depending on Acupuncture chart from the Ming Dynasty (c. 13681644) tongue and pulse conditions, a TCM practitioner might diagnose bleeding from the mouth and nose as: "Liver fire rushes upwards and scorches the Lung, injuring the blood vessels and giving rise to reckless pouring of blood from the mouth and nose.".[56] He might then go on to prescribe treatments designed to clear heat or supplement the Lung.

Disease entities
In TCM, a disease has two aspects: "bng" and "zhng".[57] The former is often translated as "disease entity", "disease category",[58] "illness", or simply "diagnosis". The latter, and more important one, is usually translated as "pattern"[][59] (or sometimes also as "syndrome"). For example, the disease entity of a common cold might present with a pattern of wind-cold in one patient, and with the pattern of wind-heat in another.[60] From a scientific point of view, most of the disease entitites (, pinyin: bng) listed by TCM constitute mere symptoms. Examples include headache, cough, abdominal pain, constipation etc.[61] Since therapy will not be chosen according to the disease entity but according to the pattern, two patients with the same disease entity but different patterns will receive different therapy. Vice versa, patients with similar patterns might receive similar therapy even if their disease entities are different. This is called

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Patterns
In TCM, "pattern" (, pinyin: zhng) refers to a "pattern of disharmony" or "functional disturbance" within the functional entities the TCM model of the body is composed of.[62] There are disharmony patterns of qi, xu, the body fluids, the zng-f, and the meridians.[63] They are ultimately defined by their symptoms and "signs" (i.e., for example, pulse and tongue findings).[64] In clinical practice, the identified pattern usually involves a combination of affected entities[65] (compare with typical examples of patterns). The concrete pattern identified should account for all the symptoms a patient has.[66] Six Excesses The Six Excesses ( , pinyin: li yn,[67] sometimes also translated as "Pathogenic Factors",[68] or "Six Pernicious Influences";[69] with the alternative term of , pinyin: li xi, "Six Evils" or "Six Devils"[70]) are allegorical terms used to describe disharmony patterns displaying certain typical symptoms.[71] These symptoms resemble the effects of six climatic factors. In the allegory, these symptoms can occur because one or more of those climatic factors (called , pinyin: li q, "the six qi"[72]) were able to invade the body surface and to proceed to the interior.[73] This is sometimes used to draw causal relationships (i.e., prior exposure to wind/cold/etc. is identified as the cause of a disease),[74] while other authors explicitly deny a direct cause-effect relationship between weather conditions and disease,[75][76] pointing out that the Six Excesses are primarily descriptions of a certain combination of symptoms[77] translated into a pattern of disharmony. It is undisputed, though, that the Six Excesses can manifest inside the body without an external cause.[78] In this case, they might be denoted "internal", e.g., "internal wind" or "internal fire (or heat)".[79] The Six Excesses and their characteristic clinical signs are: 1. Wind (, pinyin: fng): rapid onset of symptoms, wandering location of symptoms, itching, nasal congestion, "floating" pulse;[80] tremor, paralysis, convulsion. 2. Cold (, pinyin: hn): cold sensations, aversion to cold, relief of symptoms by warmth, watery/clear excreta, severe pain, abdominal pain, contracture/hypertonicity of muscles, (slimy) white tongue fur, "deep"/"hidden" or "string-like" pulse,[81] or slow pulse.[82] 3. Fire/Heat (, pinyin: hu): aversion to heat, high fever, thirst, concentrated urine, red face, red tongue, yellow tongue fur, rapid pulse.[83] (Fire and heat are basically seen to be the same)[84] 4. Dampness (, pinyin: sh): sensation of heaviness, sensation of fullness, symptoms of Spleen dysfunction, greasy tongue fur, "slippery" pulse. 5. Dryness (, pinyin: zo): dry cough, dry mouth, dry throat, dry lips, nosebleeds, dry skin, dry stools.[85] 6. Summerheat (, pinyin: sh): either heat or mixed damp-heat symptoms.[86] Six-Excesses-patterns can consist of only one or a combination of Excesses (e.g., wind-cold, wind-damp-heat). They can also transform from one into another. Typical examples of patterns For each of the functional entities (qi, xu, zng-f, meridians etc.), typical disharmony patterns are recognized; for example: qi vacuity and qi stagnation in the case of qi;[87] blood vacuity, blood stasis, and blood heat in the case of xu;[88] Spleen qi vacuity, Spleen yang vacuity, Spleen qi vacuity with down-bearing qi, Spleen qi vacuity with lack of blood containment, cold-damp invasion of the Spleen, damp-heat invasion of Spleen and Stomach in case of the Spleen zng;[89] wind/cold/damp invasion in the case of the meridians.[90] TCM gives detailed prescriptions of these patterns regarding their typical symptoms, mostly including characteristic tongue and/or pulse findings.[91][92] For example:

Traditional Chinese medicine "Upflaming Liver fire" ( , pinyin: gnhu shng yn): Headache, red face, reddened eyes, dry mouth, nosebleeds, constipation, dry or hard stools, profuse menstruation, sudden tinnitus or deafness, vomiting of sour or bitter fluids, expectoration of blood, irascibility, impatience; red tongue with dry yellow fur; slippery and string-like pulse.[93] Basic principles of pattern discrimination The process of determining which actual pattern is on hand is called (pinyin: bin zhng, usually translated as "pattern diagnosis",[94] "pattern identification"[95] or "pattern discrimination"). Generally, the first and most important step in pattern diagnosis is an evaluation of the present signs and symptoms on the basis of the "Eight Principles" ( , pinyin: b gng).[96] These eight principles refer to four pairs of fundamental qualities of a disease: exterior/interior, heat/cold, vacuity/repletion, and yin/yang. Out of these, heat/cold and vacuity/repletion have the biggest clinical importance. The yin/yang quality, on the other side, has the smallest importance and is somewhat seen aside from the other three pairs, since it merely presents a general and vague conclusion regarding what other qualities are found. In detail, the Eight Principles refer to the following: Exterior (, pinyin: bio) refers to a disease manifesting in the superficial layers of the body skin, hair, flesh, and meridians.[97] It is characterized by aversion to cold and/or wind, headache, muscle ache, mild fever, a "floating" pulse, and a normal tongue appearance. Interior (, pinyin: l) refers to disease manifestation in the zng-f, or (in a wider sense) to any disease that can not be counted as exterior.[98] There are no generalized characteristic symptoms of interior patterns, since they'll be determined by the affected zng or f entity.[99] Cold (, pinyin: hn) is generally characterized by aversion to cold, absence of thirst, and a white tongue fur.[100] More detailed characterization depends on whether cold is coupled with vacuity or repletion. Heat (, pinyin: r) is characterized by absence of aversion to cold, a red and painful throat, a dry tongue fur and a rapid and floating pulse, if it falls together with an exterior pattern.[101] In all other cases, symptoms depend on whether heat is coupled with vacuity or repletion.[102] Vacuity (, pinyin: x) often referred to as "deficiency", can be further differentiated into vacuity of qi, xu, yin and yang, with all their respective characteristic symptoms.[103] Yin vacuity can also be termed "vacuity-heat", while yang vacuity is equivalent to "vacuity-cold".[104] Repletion (, pinyin: sh) often called "excess", generally refers to any disease that can't be identified as a vacuity pattern, and usually indicates the presence of one of the Six Excesses,[105] or a pattern of stagnation (of qi, xu, etc.).[106] In a concurrent exterior pattern, repletion is characterized by the absence of sweating. The signs and symptoms of repletion-cold patterns are equivalent to cold excess patterns, and repletion-heat is similar to heat excess patterns.[107] Yin and yang are universal aspects all things can be classified under, this includes diseases in general as well as the Eight Principles' first three couples.[108] For example, cold is identified to be a yin aspect, while heat is attributed to yang. Since descriptions of patterns in terms of yin and yang lack complexity and clinical practicality, though, patterns are usually not labelled this way anymore. Exceptions are vacuity-cold and repletion-heat patterns, who are sometimes referred to as "yin patterns" and "yang patterns" respectively. After the fundamental nature of a disease in terms of the Eight Principles is determined, the investigation focuses on more specific aspects. By evaluating the present signs and symptoms against the background of typical disharmony patterns of the various entities, evidence is collected whether or how specific entities are affected.[109] This evaluation can be done 1. in respect of the meridians ( , pinyin: jng-lu bin zhng) 2. in respect of qi ( , pinyin: q xu bin zhng) 3. in respect of xu ( , pinyin: q xu bin zhng) 4. in respect of the body fluids ( , pinyin: jn-y bin zhng)

Traditional Chinese medicine 5. in respect of the zng-f ( , pinyin: zng-f bin zhng) very similar to this, though less specific, is disharmony pattern description in terms of the Five Elements [ , pinyin: w xng bin zhng][110]) There are also three special pattern diagnosis systems used in case of febrile and infectious diseases only ("Six Channel system" or "six division pattern" [ , pinyin: li jng bin zhng]; "Wei Qi Ying Xue system" or "four division pattern" [ , pinyin: we q yng xu bin zhng]; "San Jiao system" or "three burners pattern" [ , pinyin: snjia bin zhng]).[111] Considerations of disease causes Although TCM and its concept of disease do not strongly differentiate between cause and effect,[112] pattern discrimination can include considerations regarding the disease cause; this is called (pinyin: bngyn bin zhng, "disease-cause pattern discrimination"). There are three fundamental categories of disease causes ( , pinyin: sn yn) recognized: 1. external causes: these include the Six Excesses and "Pestilential Qi". 2. internal causes: the "Seven Affects" ( , pinyin: q qng, sometimes also translated as "Seven Emotions"[113]) joy, anger, brooding, sorrow, fear, fright and grief. These are believed to be able to cause damage to the functions of the zng-f, especially of the Liver.[114] 3. non-external-non-internal causes: dietary irregularities (especially: too much raw, cold, spicy, fatty or sweet food; voracious eating; too much alcohol),[115] fatigue, sexual intemperance, trauma, and parasites (, pinyin: chng).

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Diagnostics
In TCM, there are five diagnostic methods: inspection, auscultation, olfaction, inquiry, and palpation.[116] Inspection focuses on the face and particularly on the tongue, including analysis of the tongue size, shape, tension, color and coating, and the absence or presence of teeth marks around the edge. Auscultation refers to listening for particular sounds (such as wheezing). Olfaction refers to attending to body odor. Inquiry focuses on the "seven inquiries", which involve asking the patient about the regularity, severity, or other characteristics of: chills fever perspiration appetite thirst taste defecation urination pain sleep menses leukorrhea Palpation includes feeling the body for tender A-shi points, palpation of the wrist pulses as well as various other pulses, and palpation of the abdomen.

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Tongue and pulse

Examination of the tongue and the pulse are among the principal diagnostic methods in TCM. Certain sectors of the tongue's surface are believed to correspond to the zng-f. For example, teeth marks on one part of the tongue might indicate a problem with the Heart, while teeth marks on another part of the tongue might indicate a problem with the Liver. Pulse palpation involves measuring the pulse both at a superficial and at a deep level at three different locations on the radial artery (Cun, Guan, Chi, located two fingerbreadths from the wrist crease, one fingerbreadth from the wrist crease, and right at the wrist crease, respectively, usually palpated with the index, middle and ring finger) of each arm, for a total of twelve pulses, all of which are thought to correspond with certain zng-f. The pulse is examined for several characteristics including rhythm, strength and volume, and described with qualities like "floating, slippery, bolstering-like, feeble, thready and quick"; each of these qualities indicate certain disease patterns. Learning TCM pulse diagnosis can take several years.

Herbal medicine
Prescriptions
Typically, one batch of medicinals is prepared as a decoction of about 9 to 18 substances.[117] Some of these are considered as main herbs, some as ancillary herbs; within the ancillary herbs, up to three categories can be distinguished.[118]

Raw materials
There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal recipes recorded in the ancient literature.[119] Plant elements and extracts are by far the most common elements used.[120] In the classic Handbook of Traditional Drugs from 1941, 517 drugs were listed out of these, 45 were animal parts, and 30 were minerals. Animal substances Some animal parts used as medicinals can be considered rather strange such as cows' gallstones. Some can include the parts of endangered species, including tiger bones and rhinoceros horn.[121] The black market in rhinoceros horn reduced the world's rhino population by more than 90 percent over the past 40 years.[122] Concerns have also arisen over the use of turtle plastron, seahorses, and the gill plates of mobula and manta rays. Since TCM recognizes bear bile as a medicinal, more than 12,000 asiatic black bears are held in "bear farms". The bile is extracted through a permanent hole in the abdomen leading to the gall bladder, which can cause severe pain. A number of animal species used in traditional Chinese medicine are now raised on farms in large quantities.[123] Australian scientists have developed methods to identify medicines containing DNA traces of endangered species.[124]
Assorted dried plant and animal parts used in traditional Chinese medicines, clockwise from top left corner: dried Lingzhi (lit. "spirit mushrooms"), ginseng, Luo Han Guo, dried curled snakes, and turtle shell underbelly (plastron).

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Human body parts Traditional Chinese Medicine also includes some human parts: the classic Materia medica (Bencao Gangmu) describes the use of 35 human body parts and excreta in medicines, including bones, fingernail, hairs, dandruff, earwax, impurities on the teeth, feces, urine, sweat, organs, but most are no longer in use.[125][126][127]

Traditional categorization
The traditional categorizations and classifications that can still be found today are: classification according to the Four Natures ( , pinyin: s q): hot, warm, cool, or cold (or, neutral in terms of temperature).[128] Hot and warm herbs are used to treat cold diseases, while cool and cold herbs are used to treat heat diseases. classification according to the Five Flavors, ( , pinyin: w wi, sometimes also translated as Five Tastes): acrid, sweet, bitter, sour, and salty. Substances may also have more than one flavor, or none (i.e., a "bland" flavor). Each of the Five Flavors corresponds to one of zng organs, which in turn corresponds to one of the Five Phases. A flavor implies certain properties and therapeutic actions of a substance; e.g., saltiness drains downward and softens hard masses, while sweetness is supplementing, harmonizing, and moistening. classification according to the meridian more precise, the zng-organ including its associated meridian which can be expected to be primarily affected by a given medicinal.[129]
Chinese red ginseng roots

Artemisia annua, one kind of wormwood, is used to treat fevers. It has been found to have antimalarial properties.

categorization according to the specific function. These categories mainly include: exterior-releasing[130] or exterior-resolving[131] heat-clearing downward-draining or precipitating wind-damp-dispelling dampness-transforming promoting the movement of water and percolating dampness or dampness-percolating interior-warming qi-regulating or qi-rectifying dispersing food accumulation or food-dispersing worm-expelling stopping bleeding or blood-stanching

Traditional Chinese medicine quickening the Blood and dispelling stasis or blood-quickening transforming phlegm, stopping coughing and calming wheezing or phlegm-transforming and cough- and panting-suppressing Spirit-quieting calming the Liver and expelling wind or Liver-calming and wind-extinguishing orifice-opening supplementing: this includes qi-supplementing, blood-nourishing, yin-enriching, and yang-fortifying. astriction-promoting or securing and astringing vomiting-inducing substances for external application

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Efficacy
Regarding Traditional Chinese herbal therapy, only a few trials of adequate methodology exist and its effectiveness therefore remains poorly documented. For example, a 2007 Cochrane review found promising evidence for the use of Chinese herbal medicine in relieving painful menstruation, compared to conventional medicine such as NSAIDs and the oral contraceptive pill, but the findings must be interpreted with caution due to the generally low methodological quality of the included studies (as, amongst others, data for placebo control could not be obtained).

Acupuncture and moxibustion

Acupuncture means insertion of needles into superficial structures of the body (skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles) usually at acupuncture points (acupoints) and their subsequent manipulation; this aims at influencing the flow of qi. According to TCM it relieves pain and treats (and prevents) various diseases. Acupuncture is often accompanied by moxibustion the Chinese characters for acupuncture (Chinese: ; pinyin: zhnji) literally meaning "acupuncture-moxibustion" which involves burning mugwort on or near the skin at an acupuncture point. According to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not support claims that moxibustion is effective in preventing or treating cancer or any other disease". In electroacupuncture, an electrical current is applied to the needles once they are inserted, in order to further stimulate the respective acupuncture points.
Needles being inserted into a patient's skin.

Efficacy
A 2012 meta-analysis concluded that acupuncture was effective for the treatment of chronic pain. However, Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter, disagreed with the study's conclusions and commented that it demonstrated that the effects of acupuncture were principally due to placebo.
Traditional moxibustion set from Ibuki (Japan)

Traditional Chinese medicine A 2011 overview of Cochrane reviews found high quality evidence that suggests acupuncture is effective for some but not all kinds of pain. A 2010 systematic review found that there is evidence "that acupuncture provides a short-term clinically relevant effect when compared with a waiting list control or when acupuncture is added to another intervention" in the treatment of chronic low back pain. Two review articles discussing the effectiveness of acupuncture, from 2008 and 2009, have concluded that there is not enough evidence to conclude that it is effective beyond the placebo effect. Acupuncture is generally safe when administered using Clean Needle Technique (CNT). Although serious adverse effects are rare, acupuncture is not without risk.

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Tui na
Tui na ( ) is a form of massage akin to acupressure (from which shiatsu evolved). Oriental massage is typically administered with the patient fully clothed, without the application of grease or oils. Choreography often involves thumb presses, rubbing, percussion, and stretches.

Qigong
Qgng ( or ) is a TCM system of exercise and meditation that combines regulated breathing, slow movement, and focused awareness, purportedly to An example of a Traditional Chinese medicine used in Tui Na cultivate and balance qi. One branch of qigong is qigong massage, in which the practitioner combines massage techniques with awareness of the acupuncture channels and points.[132][133]

Other therapies
Cupping
Cupping ( ) is a type of Chinese massage, consisting of placing several glass "cups" (open spheres) on the body. A match is lit and placed inside the cup and then removed before placing the cup against the skin. As the air in the cup is heated, it expands, and after placing in the skin, cools, creating lower pressure inside the cup that allows the cup to stick to the skin via suction. When combined with massage oil, the cups can be slid around the back, offering "reverse-pressure massage". It has not been found to be effective for the treatment of any disease.

Acupuncture and moxibustion after cupping in Japan

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Gua Sha
Gua Sha is abrading the skin with pieces of smooth jade, bone, animal tusks or horns or smooth stones; until red spots then bruising cover the area to which it is done. It is believed that this treatment is for almost any ailment including cholera. The red spots and bruising take 3 to 10 days to heal, there is often some soreness in the area that has been treated.[134][135]

Die-da
Di-d ( ) or bone-setting is usually practiced by martial artists who know aspects of Chinese medicine that Gua Sha apply to the treatment of trauma and injuries such as bone fractures, sprains, and bruises. Some of these specialists may also use or recommend other disciplines of Chinese medical therapies (or Western medicine in modern times) if serious injury is involved. Such practice of bone-setting ( or ) is not common in the West.

Regulations
Many governments have enacted laws to regulate TCM practice.

Australia
From 1 July 2012 Chinese medicine practitioners must be registered under the national registration and accreditation scheme with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia and meet the Board's Registration Standards, in order to practise in Australia. [136]

Hong Kong
The Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong was established in 1999. It regulates the medicinals and professional standards for TCM practitioners. All TCM practitioners in Hong Kong are required to register with the Council. The eligibility for registration includes a recognised 5-year university degree of TCM, a 30-week minimum supervised clinical internship, and passing the licensing exam.[137]

Malaysia
The Traditional and Complementary Medicine Bill was passed by Parliament in 2012 establishing the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Council to register and regulate traditional and complementary medicine practitioners, including traditional Chinese medicine practitioners as well as other traditional and complementary medicine practitioners such as those in traditional Malay medicine and traditional Indian medicine.

Singapore
The TCM Practitioners Act was passed by Parliament in 2000 and the TCM Practitioners Board was established in 2001 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Health, to register and regulate TCM practitioners. The requirements for registration include possession of a diploma or degree from a TCM educational institution/university on a gazetted list, either structured TCM clinical training at an approved local TCM educational institution or foreign TCM registration together with supervised TCM clinical attachment/practice at an approved local TCM clinic, and upon meeting these requirements, passing the Singapore TCM Physicians Registration Examination (STRE)

Traditional Chinese medicine conducted by the TCM Practitioners Board.

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United States
As of July 2012, only six states do not have existing legislation to regulate the professional practice of TCM. These six states are Alabama, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. In 1976, California established an Acupuncture Board and became the first state licensing professional acupuncturists.[138]

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