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Tools of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Trade

Read the first post in this series of articles about Traditional Chinese Medicine: What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on theories about Qi, which is said to flow along 12 channels of the body called meridians and help the body to maintain health. So, as well as the body being comprised of the usual organs, bones, etc., it also has a system of channels – meridians - which become impacted by illness through various conditions, and are related to mental, physical and emotional states.  The closest definition we can find in the West for Qi is ‘vital energy’ but it is so much more than that.  Qi...

Chinese Medicine or Western Medicine?

Read the first post in this series of articles about Traditional Chinese Medicine: What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?Western medicine focuses strictly on the evidence of a condition based on the findings of technology, anatomy and chemistry of a person’s physicality in minute detail whereas Chinese medicine, on the other hand, experiments with the big picture of an individual’s signs and symptoms to eventually arrive at a diagnosis. In other words, this is a huge and significant gulf between the micro level of detail and the macro required for diagnosis in both. For example, a bad back in Western medicine is narrowed down to the specific vertebrae, tendon or muscle...

The Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Read the first post in this series of articles about Traditional Chinese Medicine: What is Traditional Chinese Medicine? Historical studies have demonstrated that the medical philosophy of China was grounded in principles very similar to those of other Eastern medical philosophies, which is interesting when you consider this would have evolved without the power of email. The Eastern countries were drawing the same conclusions about the body and medicine at the same time, obviously without any form of electronic communication. Mummified bodies across the Eastern continents have been found with acupuncture marks which bear resemblance to acupuncture points we use today for the conditions of which they died millenia...

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Despite the title of this post, it’s actually easier to start with what Traditional Chinese Medicine is not.What Traditional Chinese Medicine is notAccording to one scholar writing an editorial in the journal ‘Nature’, it’s all about the reckless slaughter of endangered animals. A hideous act carried out so we can eat their bones and hides in powdered form. All in the desperate hope of being cured for everything from cancer to a common cold. Unfortunately, this individual is not alone amongst other non-experts of Chinese Medicine in writing about the potential risks to the natural world presented by TCM. It would be interesting to research whether the...

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Autumn: The Season of Metal

In Chinese Medicine, Autumn is the season of the metal element; it is also the season of harvest. In this blog, Clinic Director, Kate, discussed the importance and relevance of this wonderful time of year for your health, wellness and natural beauty. And what you can do to stay Happy, Healthy and Well....