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What are the treatments available in Chinese medicine?

China's Chinese medicine is profound and far-reaching, from the dawn of civilization in the canopy of Asia, the land of Asia, the prehistoric cultural bonfires throughout the land of God, from point to point connected to form a prairie fire, gradually melted in the civilization of the age of light. From then on, the civilized history of Chinese medicine began.

As early as two thousand years ago, China's medicine has completed its basic system. For example, the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, which integrates physiology, pathology and therapeutics, the Treatise on Typhoid Fever, which has a systematic record of acute and febrile diseases, the Essentials of the Golden Chamber, which elaborates on the treatment of chronic diseases, as well as the Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica, which is about the basic theories of pharmacology, and so on, are the important documents of China's basic medical science. Over the past two thousand years, China's medicine has continued to develop with these foundations; of course, there have been many new discoveries during this period. Now will be a variety of detoxification treatment methods categorized as follows:

One, the soup method - this is the use of a variety of plants, animals, minerals to treat the disease. Generally the so-called Chinese medicine, there are pills, bulk, paste a variety of agents, but the oral medicines, most of the soup liquid. Soup can be said to be a general term for medicinal products. In China, there is a saying that "there are four feet, but can not be eaten, only the table," so it can be seen that in China, there are many kinds of food, and the materials for making soup are countless. As long as the soup must be edible, can eat can be considered food, so the soup and food is not much difference. Legend has it that Yi Yin, the originator of soup-making, was a prime minister who came from a chef's background.

Two, acupuncture - this is to stimulate a certain part of the meridian points (vortex) of the disease treatment method. Needles are made of gold, silver, iron, etc.; moxa is used when applying moxibustion. Acupuncture treatment of disease, not only the effect is excellent, and there will not be any pain, this point many have foreign friends marveled at.

Three, massage - massage methods are pounding, pressure and rubbing three. There are many people will massage and "horse kill chicken" mixed up, this is the wrong idea. In fact, "horse kill chicken" originated in the Western world, it and our traditional massage therapy, very different.

Four, the guide - this is the use of medical special gymnastics medical treatment, this gymnastics and taijiquan have a very close relationship.

Fifth, food therapy - that is, short for food therapy, the focus of this book, is this food therapy.

Sixth, other - in addition to the above medical treatment, there are also external treatment and suction angle therapy and other, etc.; this shows that Chinese medicine is really a profound study. The so-called external treatment method, that is, the processed drugs, paste in the affected area of the epidermis of the treatment; and the use of suction gourd Yin pressure way, that is, suction angle therapy.