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The model of the body in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has the following elements: the Fundamental Substances; Qi, Blood, Jing (Essence), Shen (Mind) that nourish and protect the Zang-Fu organs; and the meridians ( jing-luo) which connect and unify the body. Every diagnosis is a "Pattern of disharmony" that affects one or more organs, such ...
Some acupuncture points have several traditional names, for example tài yuān ( 太渊) and gui xin ( 鬼心) are two names used for the 9th acupuncture point on the lung meridian. [citation needed] The World Health Organization (WHO) published A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature Report in 1991 and 2014, listing 361 ...
Acupuncture[ b] is a form of alternative medicine [ 2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [ 3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [ 4][ 5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [ 6] and it has been characterized as quackery.
The meridian system ( simplified Chinese: 经络; traditional Chinese: 經絡; pinyin: jīngluò, also called channel network) is a pseudoscientific concept from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that alleges meridians are paths through which the life-energy known as "qi" ( ch'i) flows. [ 1]
Six levels. In Traditional Chinese medicine, the Six Levels, Six Stages or Six divisions is a theory used to understand the pathogenesis of a illness through the critical thinking processes of inductive and deductive logic utilising the model of Yin and Yang. This theory originated from Shang Han Lun (translated into "On Cold Damage") by Zhang ...
TCM's model of the body is characterized as full of pseudoscience. [80] Some practitioners no longer consider yin and yang and the idea of an energy flow to apply. [ 81 ] Scientific investigation has not found any histological or physiological evidence for traditional Chinese concepts such as qi , meridians, and acupuncture points.
v. t. e. Qigong ( / ˈtʃiːˈɡɒŋ / ), [ 1][ a] is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation [ 2] said to be useful for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. [ 3] With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and martial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed by the Chinese and ...
Shiatsu (/ ʃ i ˈ æ t s-,-ˈ ɑː t s uː / shee-AT-, - AHT-soo; [1] 指圧) is a form of Japanese bodywork based on concepts in traditional Chinese medicine such as qi meridians. Having been popularized in the twentieth century by Tokujiro Namikoshi (1905–2000), [ 2 ] shiatsu derives from the older Japanese massage modality called anma .