ANCIENT
WISDOM
An Alternative Therapy For Better Health
Alternative
Medicine
"Surgery or
Acupuncture ? Antibiotics or Herbs ? BOTH ARE BETTER. More and more
M.D.s are mixing Ancient Medicine and New Science to treat
everything from the common cold to heart disease." said Life
Magazine, Sept. 1996. Ancient Medicine is also called
Alternative Medicine, which includes chiropractic, naturopathic,
homeopathic, and Chinese therapies such as acupuncture, massage, and
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). As the world gets smaller,
people expose and understand more to these alternative methods. The
government, regulatory agencies, and medical professionals are also
paying more attention and conducting more researches on them. In
1980, The World Health Organization released a list of 43 types of
pathologies which can be effectively treated with acupuncture. A
1993 study found that one in three Americans had used alternative
therapies. While Western techniques are clearly better at dealing
with trauma and bacterial infection, the Ancient Medicine is more
successful with chronic diseases such as asthma. The combination of
Ancient Medicine with Western science provides better healing
solutions for people looking for good health. >> Go
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Traditional
Chinese Medicine
Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been practiced in Asia for over 5,000
years. It is not surprising, therefore, that between 65 to 80
percent of the world's health care services are classified as
"traditional medicine." The philosophy behind TCM is
holistic health care, from diagnosis to treatment to maintenance.
TCM works to regenerate the organ functions in one's body. Health is
restored by bringing the bodily functions into balance, activating
and increasing the body's natural immune system.
In
excess of 5,000 Chinese herb have been categorized and classified
according to the various properties which they contain. Over the
years, more than 25,000 formula were created and refined for
specific types of infections, illnesses and diseases. These formula
are specific combinations of herbs; most of them discovered over a
thousand years ago. The combinations became necessary and more
complex as experience shown that some herbs canceled out the effect
of other herbs. It was also discovered that the medicinal properties
of many herbs required certain other herbs to be present to act as a
catalyst.
The
healing power of the ingredients found in these natural herbal
formula has never been doubted by most Asians. The difficulty in
utilizing many of these ancient formula has been determining which
formula work with the individual person/symptom-complex combination.
TCM prescribes a formula based upon the individual being treated as
opposed to Western practices where treatments and preventatives are
tested for their effectiveness on a group of people.
Thus,
the effectiveness of TCM in the past was largely determined by the
doctor prescribing and administering the formula. These doctors drew
upon all of their resources in prescribing a specific formula:
Physiology and pathology of the human body, disease etiology, blood,
bodily fluids, channels-collateral, and differentiation of
symptom-complexes all relate to the physical manifestations of an
illness. The doctors then interpreted these physical manifestations
through the basic theories of Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, Zang-fu,
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Modern
Chinese Medicine
For years, the Chinese government and the government of the Republic
of China on Taiwan have put great efforts into promoting the
modernization of Chinese medicine. As a result, there are now
professionals trained in both traditional Chinese Medicine and
modern Western medicine to conduct research on the development of
Chinese Medicine. The Western Science methodologies have been
employed to analyze the effectiveness of herbs and treatment on
various subjects. Many of the differences between TCM and Western
scientific practices are now being studied for their synergistic
potential. Joint research efforts with research institutes such as
Stanford University, College of Physicians & Surgeons of
Columbia University, and National Cancer Institute have been made to
evaluate the effectiveness of Chinese Medicine and improve the
classification and selection/prescription of formulas. This research
indicates that Chinese Medicine is very effective in regenerating
organic function and treating chronic diseases.
A
modern diagnosis technique is also used to enhance the old
traditional diagnosis method. Taking a patient's pulse has been a
traditional way of detecting illness. With new techniques developed
through modern Chinese Medicine, pressure reactions convert
variances in the patient's pulse into electromagnetic waves. These
waves are analyzed by a computer and then registered on a screen.
This represents the combination of modern scientific precision with
the art of traditional Chinese Medicine. It opens up a new world of
medical diagnosis and treatment.
Western
methodologies are also making the formula of TCM available globally.
Originally, these ancient formula once prescribed were taken home
and slowly boiled into soup to be consumed. This four-hour process
was done twice daily and the soup often smelled and tasted
unpleasant. Modern technology has finally enabled the potent essence
of these healing herbs to be extracted in their natural state for
delivery to people in need around the world. >> Go
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Human
Organ Restoration Theory
The Human
Organ Restoration Theory
is a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
and Western Scientific methodologies. Initially, pathology,
symptommatology and clinical therapeutics in the East and West were
studied to bring about the best treatment possible. With the
precision of western technology, the exact combination of herbs was
determined and its effectiveness was evaluated. The restoration of
organic function is done by using Chinese medicinal herbs. These
herbs are formulated to regulate physiologic functions while at the
same time repairing the dysfunction of the pathologic organ. With
the help of modern technology, the effectiveness of TCM can be
verified through analysis. Once the effectiveness of the treatment
is determined, the normal physiologic metabolism is restored.
The
Advantages of TCM
For most of its history Western medicine has approached health and a
well being from a very different perspective. It has been reactive,
rather than proactive. Symptoms and science have been the drivers.
Western medicine examines and dissects to determine what is not
working in the body and attempts to introduce external, often
synthetic, chemical compounds to compensate. TCM, on the other hand,
asks why the body is not functioning properly and attempts to use
individualized organic herbal formula to rejuvenate and to restore
the body to its natural state.
For
example, Westerners determined that people with Diabetes
Mellitus lack sufficient insulin and/or the ability to regulate the
amount of insulin that their bodies produce. So they created an
industry to allow diabetics to externally monitor and regulate this
function by testing their blood and by injecting themselves with
manufactured insulin. TCM instead focuses its treatment on restoring
the natural balance and functionality of each person's organs. TCM,
more specifically, has developed formula
which help to restore the pancreas and to revitalize
natural insulin production and regulation within the body.
TCM
offers many advantages and can be used safely on its own or as a
complement to Western pharmaceuticals. The most significant
advantages of the TCM approach are:
- Thousands
of years of classification, testing, and refinement of herbal
formulas.
- Few,
and often no side-effects due to natural ingredients.
- Individualized
treatment
- No
chemical residues, unlike many Western pharmaceuticals.
- Treats
the why (from the root), not the what (from the symptoms).
- Rejuvenates
the body's organs to correct symptoms at their root causes.
- Revitalizes
the body's natural immune system.
- Long-term
results.
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