Definitions for Traditional Chinese Medicine
tra·di·tion·al chi·nese medicine

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. traditional Chinese medicinenoun

   The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; abbreviated as TCM

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Traditional Chinese medicine

   Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a branch of traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", and the majority of its treatments as having no logical mechanism of action.TCM is said to be based on Compendium of Materia Medica and Huangdi Neijing. The practice includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, cupping therapy, gua sha, massage (tui na), bonesetter (die-da), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy. TCM is widely used in the Sinosphere, where it has a long history; subsequently it is now also practiced outside of China. One of the basic tenets of TCM is that the body's vital energy (ch'i or qi) is circulating through channels called meridians having branches connected to bodily organs and functions. The concept of vital energy is pseudoscientific. Concepts of the body and of disease used in TCM reflect its ancient origins and its emphasis on dynamic processes over material structure, similar to European humoral theory.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Traditional Chinese medicine

   Traditional Chinese medicine is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 5,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and dietary therapy. The doctrines of Chinese medicine are rooted in books such as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon and the Treatise on Cold Damage, as well as in cosmological notions like yin-yang and the five phases. Starting in the 1950s, these precepts were modernized in the People's Republic of China so as to integrate many anatomical and pathological notions with modern scientific medicine. Nonetheless, some of its methods, including the model of the body, or concept of disease, are not supported by modern evidence-based medicine. TCM's view of the body places little emphasis on anatomical structures, but is mainly concerned with the identification of functional entities. While health is perceived as harmonious interaction of these entities and the outside world, disease is interpreted as a disharmony in interaction. TCM diagnosis includes in tracing symptoms to patterns of an underlying disharmony, by measuring the pulse, inspecting the tongue, skin, eyes and by looking at the eating and sleeping habits of the patient as well as many other things.

How to pronounce Traditional Chinese Medicine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Traditional Chinese Medicine in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Traditional Chinese Medicine in a Sentence

1. Peter Li:

   There is nothing to stop farmers continuing business as usual but pivoting to selling their farmed wild animals for traditional Chinese medicine instead.

2. David Olson:

   These actions of China will have a real impact, these are steps that were critical, that needed to be taken if real conservation was going to happen for these animals, most of the demand for pangolin is coming from traditional Chinese medicine and consumption. That's what is driving this large scale illegal trade.

3. Wang Chaojun:

   My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time, we found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, and then left it be.

4. Bas Huijbregts:

   This has nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine ; it's just newly invented branding for rhino products.

5. Godfrey Chan:

   We look at traditional Chinese medicine in a more holistic way.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Traditional Chinese Medicine