Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Information, Applications and References

Therapies

An introduction to the treatment methods of Chinese medicine, including historical background, major developmental periods, basic principles, techniques, health benefits, clinical indications and contraindications.

Health Topics

Most health problems in today, for example hypertension, diabetes, peptic ulcer, cancers, allergies, even cold and flu, are defined according to western biomedicine, that only become mainstream for the past few centuries. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), being the third oldest form of medicine, views and treats health problems from a quite different approach.

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Understanding TCM

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)? How does TCM consider health versus disease? What are the principles to guide TCM practice? What are the facts and the myths? Find in this section.

Healthy Living

Prevention is better than cure, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) believes health maintenance is something we have to do through life time. Lifestyle and behavior are determinant factors for good health, TCM practices encompass not just medical healing, but a way of multi-layered yet integrated personal living that fulfills our real needs.