Modern concept of health and disease
Modern concept of health and disease
Modern concept of health and disease
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MEDICINE IN ANCIENT CHINA<br />
Traditional Chinese medicine: Based on Taoist philosophical thinking<br />
Health: A condition <strong>of</strong> balance <strong>of</strong> yin <strong>and</strong> yang<br />
• Yang: Immaterial - Qi<br />
• Yin: Material - Blood (very roughly equivalent to physiological blood)<br />
• Free flow <strong>of</strong> Qi, "vital energy”<br />
Acupuncture treatment regulates the flow <strong>of</strong> Qi <strong>and</strong> Blood<br />
• An axiom <strong>of</strong> acupuncture is "no pain, no blockage; no blockage, no pain."<br />
• An acupuncturist decides which points to treat by making a diagnosis by methods<br />
<strong>of</strong>: inspection, auscultation <strong>and</strong> olfaction, inquiring, <strong>and</strong> palpation<br />
Inspection focuses on the face <strong>and</strong> the tongue (tongue size, shape, tension, colour<br />
<strong>and</strong> coating, <strong>and</strong> the absence or presence <strong>of</strong> teeth marks around the edge)<br />
Auscultation <strong>and</strong> olfaction refer to listening for particular sounds (e.g. wheezing)<br />
<strong>and</strong> attending to body odour<br />
Inquiring focuses on the "seven inquiries": chills <strong>and</strong> fever; perspiration; appetite,<br />
thirst <strong>and</strong> taste; defecation <strong>and</strong> urination; pain; sleep; <strong>and</strong> menses <strong>and</strong> leucorrhoea.<br />
Palpation includes feeling the body for tender "ashi" points, <strong>and</strong> palpation <strong>of</strong> the left<br />
<strong>and</strong> right radial pulses at two levels <strong>of</strong> pressure (superficial <strong>and</strong> deep) <strong>and</strong> three<br />
positions Cun, Guan, Chi
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