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The traditional Chinese medicine is one of the oldest forms of healing.

The practice goes back as early the third century BC. The entire concept of Chinese medicine is a combination of many traditional medical practices that includes massage, acupuncture, and herbal medicine.

The practice is based on the theory that the body is affected by energy, human experiences, and other causative principles.

This is also the same principle followed by Taoists. Right now, Chinese medicine is taught in many schools in China, Asia, and some parts of America.

Of all the traditional Chinese medicines, Chinese herb medicine and Chinese acupuncture are the two most popular components.

Chinese herb medicine is used to treat common disorders such as skin diseases, gastro-intestinal disorders, gynecological conditions, and the diseases of the internal organs.

The natural herbs that are used as medicine can be very effective if used by a well-trained practitioner.

Chinese acupuncture, on the other hand, is the process of unblocking the energy and the elements with the use of needles.

These needles are inserted in certain points of the body, with the intention of balancing the forces of yin and yang.

The energy referred here is the Chi, which traditional Chinese medicine believes to permeate all things.

When Chi flows smoothly inside the body, yin and yang are in total harmony. At that point, the person is healthy. Answer Traditional Chinese Medicine classic Huangdi Neijing, or Canon of Medicine, holds that life consists of "qi"( "qi" belongs to the classical philosophical category, referring to the basic element which constitutes everything in the world).

The balance and harmony of the internal environment of the human body, the wholism and unity of the human body and the external surroundings are the foundation for man to live and exist. In normal cases, the adjustment of the human body can adapt the internal environment to the changes of the external natural environment to maintain normal physiological functions.

If human activities violate the patterns of natural changes, or abnormal and violent changes occur in the external natural surroundings, the regulatory function of the human body will fail to adapt it-self to the situation, destroying the relative balance of the internal and external surroundings and consequently giving rise to disease. Therefore, "conforming to nature" is the first requirement for health preservation.

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