中医
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。中医将人体看成是气、形、神的统一体,以“望、闻(auscultation and olfaction)、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。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。
Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has along history of more than 5,000 years. It is a summary of theexperience of the working people over many centuries of struggle againstdiseases. TCM considers human body as a unity of QI, XING and SHEN. Thediagnostic process of TCM distinguishes itself by “observation,auscultation and olfaction, inquiry and pulse diagnosis”. TCM uses traditionalChinese medicine, acupuncture and many other treatment means to make human bodybe harmony between YIN and YANG. The concepts of YIN-YANG and WU XING laid a theoreticalfoundation for TCM. WU XING refers to five basic substances in the nature, thatis, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.