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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) also known simply as "Chinese medicine," is the traditional medicine dating back to antiquity and originating in China.

 
 

TCM is based on the belief that the body will recover from illness when the person's Yin and Yang energies and Qi are in balance. Historically, Chinese doctors in each generation guarded their medical knowledge as family secrets, passed along to apprentices. Little of this knowledge was shared in public for peer review until the government of the People's Republic of China established modern research and education systems for the discipline of TCM.

 

Traditional Chinese medicine adopts a more holistic philosophy than Western medicine. It emphasises the importance of balance in the body and mind and the smooth flow of an optimal amount of energy - blood is the visible form and “qi” the invisible form - in maintaining health. This is known as the balance of yin and yang. Yin represents water, quiet, substance, and night, while yang represents fire, noise, function, and day. Disorders of this balance may require intervention; these include acupuncture, moxibustion, tai chi, qi gong, and herbal therapy.

TCM is usually regarded as a complementary and alternative medicine.

For example, modern applications of TCM include alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy when treating cancer patients, helping drug addicts get clean, and treating a variety of chronic conditions that allopathic medicine is often ineffective against. Recent research in China and elsewhere has helped form a scientific understanding of TCM, though much of TCM is too subtle and refined to be measured by the tools of western science.

 
 

TCM Techniques

TCM utilises numerous techniques or healing modalities to achieve the desired balance of Yin and Yang as well as Qi, blood, bodily fluids, and spirit. These include:

  • Acupuncture
  • Herbology
  • Moxibustion
  • Nutrition or food therapy
  • Cupping
  • Qigong exercises and Medical Qi Gong
  • Gua Sha or coin-rubbing
  • Plum Blossom or seven-star
  • Acupressure and various styles of massage such as Tuina
  • Sonopuncture or phonophorese--the use of sound vibration on acupoints
  • Auriculotherapy
  • Dit Da or Tieh Ta   ( literally, fall and strike) - Practitioners who specialise in healing trauma due to sports injury, such as bone fractures, cuts, bruises etc. It is not strictly a branch of Chinese medicine but more a spin-off from a long history of Chinese martial arts. However, these specialists may also use more typical Chinese medical therapies if internal injury is involved.

With a 5,000-year-long history, the practice offers natural, safe but nonetheless effective therapies and cures for many diseases such as chronic diseases – asthma, allegies, chronic cough, hemiplegic, paraplegic, migrane, terminal insomnia, nervousness We also provide treatments for male, such as prostatitis, Sexual impotence, Spermacrasia, Ejaculatory incompetence, Prospermia. And for female, such as Menstrual disorders, Infertility, Prolapse of uterus, Menopause Endometriosis, Edema Fibroid, Weight control, Morning sickness, Yeast infection, Myoma of uterus, Prolapse of uterus and Hypernlasia of mammary gland.

TCM Theory

The theory and philosophy of TCM dates back to antiquity, so far back that there is little agreement about how many thousands of years old TCM is. The theory is one of energybalance, including balance of the Five elements and the Zang-Fu organs in addition to Yin Yang balance and the balance of Qi. The foundational principle is that if all the energies are in balance, the body heals as a natural outcome; the energy is the foundation of the body as well as the mind. All the techniques used in TCM are directed at balancing these energies.

Five Element Theory The Five elements   of TCM are:

  • Wood
  • Fire
  • Earth
  • Water
  • Metal

The five element system has been elaborated into a particular school of thought within TCM, appropriately called the Five Element School.

The five elements   are associated energetically with the following Zang-Fu   organs in the same order as above:

  • Liver   and gallbladder
  • Heart   and small intestine   (and secondarily, the san jiao   and pericardium
  • Spleen   and stomach
  • Kidneys   and bladder
  • Lungs   and large intestine

Each of the Zang organs (the first in the pairs above, the more yin of the organs) is treated as an energy centre that runs an entire system. The Zang systems include organs, senses, emotions, and the musculoskeletal system--essentially, the entire person divided into five categorical systems. The theory is always in service of practical, therapeutic application, with the goal of an "elegant" treatment. An elegant treatment uses the least amount of force for the greatest therapeutic benefit, and requires true mastery of the art of traditional Chinese Medicine.

At the Kasemrad’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Centre, we are offering professional service for international patients as well as interested locals. Our doctor maintains the highest standard of professional ethics, being as considerate as possible of every patient's concerns; making every patient feel well-regarded, content and able to depend upon our service. Compared to the expense of Western medicine, our care is always affordable for patients. More importantly, since western medicine is quite quick and effective in helping acute conditions of men and first aid, while TCM is so flexible and quite helpful for chronic conditions of men, therefore the therapeutic result of Chinese medicine is usually unexpectedly wonderful to a chronic condition. In addition, Chinese medicine treatment is always very safe, effective and with nearly no side effects.

Our beautiful and peaceful environment as well as the perfect service would make you feel extremely satisfied with your stay in Bangkok, Thailand.

TCM Head: Doctor Wang Zhi Fong


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