Challenges in Learning and Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Both Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and acupuncture originated in ancient China and has evolved for more than two thousand years. However, most of the people generally in Taiwan present themselves to the medical doctors first when they are in need of medical treatments. Part of this fact is because there are not sufficient scientific researches to prove the efficacy and safety of TCM, acupuncture, moxibustion, acupressure, cupping, Tui na, and tai chi. In Asia, such as Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, etc., herbs, acupuncture, moxibustion, acupressure, cupping, Tui na, and tai chi are often used by TCM practitioners to integrate mind and body to treat or prevent health issues. Compared to the current TCM and acupuncture developments in Taiwan, acupuncture and TCM have gained more and more popularity in the past 40 years and been considered “essential health benefits” by people in the United States and the West, seeing and using acupuncture and TCM primarily as a complementary health approach [1]. TCM and acupuncture have established its status in the health system in the West, though they’re totally different from the Western medicine with the philosophy, diagnosis approaches, and pattern identification for treatment. Challenges exist at present, which deserves attention for those who are determined to learn or interested in understanding TCM and acupuncture. This paper, therefore, tries to present some issues for the better future of TCM, including acupuncture, and the Western medicine when there are integrated.
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Tong-Zheng Hong
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- EP ID EP649732
- DOI 10.32474/OAJCAM.2018.01.000103
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