中医(Traditional Chinese Medicine )
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has along history of more than 5,000 years. It is a summary of the experience of the working people over many centuries of struggle against diseases.
中医(Traditional Chinese Medicine )有五千多年的历史,是中国古代劳动人民几千年来对抗疾病的经验总结。
TCM considers human body as a unity of QI, XING and SHEN. The diagnostic process of TCM distinguishes itself by “observation, listening and smelling, inquiry and pulse diagnosis”. TCM uses traditional Chinese medicine,acupuncture and many other treatment means to make human body be harmony between YIN and YANG.
中医将人体看成是气、形、神的统一体,以“望、闻、问、切”为其独特的诊断过程。中医使用中药、针灸(acupuncture)以及许多其他治疗手段,使人体达到阴阳调和。
The concepts of YIN-YANG and WU XING laid a theoretical foundation for TCM. WU XING refers to five basic substances in the nature, that is, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
阴阳和五行是中医的理论基础。五行是自然界中的五种基本物质,即金、木、水、火、土。