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1、TraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM)(EncyclopædiaBritannicaArticle)Introduction·Inmoxibustion,ormoxatreatment,smallconesofanherb(typicallyArtemisia…systemofmedicineatleast23centuriesoldthataimstopreventorhealdiseasebymaintainingorrestoringyinyangbalance.Chinahas
2、oneoftheworld'soldestmedicalsystems.AcupunctureandChineseherbalremediesdatebackatleast2,200years,althoughtheearliestknownwrittenrecordofChinesemedicineistheHuangdiNeijing(TheYellowEmperor'sClassicofInternalMedicine)fromthe3rdcenturyBCE.Thatopusprovidedtheth
3、eoreticalconceptsforTCMthatremainthebasisofitspracticetoday.Inessence,traditionalChinesehealersseektorestoreadynamicbalancebetweentwocomplementaryforces,yin(passive)andyang(active),whichpervadethehumanbodyastheydotheuniverseasawhole.AccordingtoTCM,apersonis
4、healthywhenharmonyexistsbetweenthesetwoforces;illness,ontheotherhand,resultsfromabreakdownintheequilibriumofyinandyang. ·Traditionalmedicineshopshaveavarietyofplantandanimalpartsthataredesiccatedand…AvisittoatraditionalChinesepharmacyislikeavisittoasmallnat
5、uralhistorymuseum.Thehundredsofcabinetdrawers,glasscases,andjarsinatypicalpharmacyholdanenormousvarietyofdesiccatedplantandanimalmaterial.In1578LiShizhenpublishedhisfamousBencaoGangmu(CompendiumofMateriaMedica),whichlists1,892drugsandsome11,000formalprescri
6、ptionsforspecificailments. Thepracticeoftraditionalmedicine·Acupunctureconsistsoftheinsertionofoneorseveralsmallmetalneedlesintotheskinand…Torestoreharmony,theChinesehealermayuseanyofastaggeringlylargearrayoftraditionalremedies.Thepatientmaybetreatedwithacu
7、punctureoracupressure,moxibustion(moxatreatment),orcupping(inwhichhotglasscupsareplacedonthepatienttodrawbloodtotheskin).TheChinesehealermayprescribeabrewpreparedwithone(orsomecombination)ofthousandsofmedicinalplantsordriedanimalparts(e.g.,snakes,scorpions,
8、insects,deerantlers)intheChinesepharmaceuticalarmamentarium. TheroleofqiandmeridiansAnessentialaspectofTCMisanunderstandingofthebody'sqi(lifeforce,orenergy),whichflowsthroughinvisiblemeridians(channels
