先进的生物医学研究与创新

Chinese medicine: A integrated way of healthcare

Bruno José Neves da Luz

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an ancient group of practices for treat one person, these practices are acupuncture, herbs formulations, cupping therapy, moxibustion, specifics diets, and corporal practices like Qi Gong, Tai Chi Chuan, meditation.

Actually, Chinese Medicine is not concentrated only in China, but in the entire world, some hospitals and clinics are specialized to get together the western medicine witch oriental medicine.

Many diseases can be treated with the TCM specialties, many times just acupuncture is sufficient, but in other times is need add one herbal formulation for example. Independent of the specialty selected, all cases are unique because in Chinese Medicine the cause of the problem is different for every people.