Eddie Watson

The Chinese Medicine Cookbook Eddie Watson

Traditional Chinese m?d???n? (TCM) ?? a br?n?h ?f tr?d?t??n?l medicine in China. TCM ?? said to b? b???d on C?m??nd?um ?f M?t?r?? M?d??? ?nd Hu?ngd? N??j?ng. The practice ?n?lud?? v?r??u? f?rm? ?f h?rb?l medicine, ??u?un?tur?, ?u???ng th?r???, gu? ?h?, massage (tu? n?), bonesetter (die-da), qigong, ?nd d??t?r? th?r???. TCM ?? widely u??d in th? S?n???h?r?, wh?r? ?t h?? a l?ng history; ?ub???u?ntl? ?t is n?w ?l?? practiced outside ?f Ch?n?. On? of th? b???? tenets ?f TCM is that the body's v?t?l energy (?h'? ?r qi) is circulating thr?ugh ?h?nn?l? ??ll?d m?r?d??n? having br?n?h?? ??nn??t?d t? b?d?l? ?rg?n? ?nd fun?t??n?. The ??n?s??t ?f vital ?n?rg? ?? ???ud?????nt?f??, and has n? foundation in ?v?d?n??-b???d medicine. Concepts of th? b?d? ?nd ?f d★★★★★★ u??d ?n TCM r?fl??t ?t? ?n???nt origins ?nd ?t? ?m?h???? ?n dynamic ?r★★★★★★? over material structure, ??m?l?r t? th? ???ud?????nt?f?? hum?r?l th??r? ?f An???nt Greece ?nd An???nt R?m?. M?n? tr??tm?nt? ?n TCM h?v? no ?r?v?n ?ff??t?v?n??? ?nd l??k l?g???l m??h?n??m? of ??t??n. TCM is w?d?l? u??d ?n th? S?n???h?r?, where ?t h?? a l?ng h??t?r?. Th? doctrines of Ch?n??? m?d???n? are r??t?d in books such as the Yellow Emperor's Inn?r C?n?n ?nd th? Treatise ?n C?ld D?m?g?, ?? w?ll as in ???m?l?g???l n?t??n? such ?? ??n-??ng ?nd th? five ?h????. St?rt?ng in th? 1950?, these ?r????t? were standardized ?n the P???l?'? Republic ?f Ch?n?, ?n?lud?ng ?tt?m?t? t? ?nt?gr?t? th?m w?th m?d?rn n?t??n? ?f ?n?t?m? ?nd pathology. In th? 1950s, th? Ch?n??? g?v?rnm?nt ?r?m?t?d a ???t?m?t?z?d form of TCM.