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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy.
Shanghai Innovative Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SIRC-TCM; Chinese: 上海中药创新研究中心), also known as National Innovation Center of TCM Modernization in Shanghai (国家中药现代化（上海）创新中心), is a Chinese research institute focusing on herbal medicine discovery and natural product development.
The Shanghai pedicure is deeply rooted in Chinese heritage and traditional Chinese medicine. Although its name suggests an origin in Shanghai, this pedicure style was not originally practiced by the Shanghainese. During the city's peak as the "Paris of the East" in the 1920s and 1930s, many locals considered pedicures beneath them.
Tui na ([tʰwéɪ.nǎ]; Chinese: 推拿) is a form of alternative medicine similar to shiatsu. [2] As a branch of traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, Chinese herbalism, tai chi or other Chinese internal martial arts, and qigong. [3]
The section was gradually extended to have more power, and in 1986 the State Council decided to form the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. [1] [2] The role and composition of NATCM was adjusted in 1998. [3] A larger change came about in 2018 as the State Council restructured the bureaucracy. [4] [5] [6]
[citation needed] The World Health Organization (WHO) published A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature Report in 1991 and 2014, listing 361 classical acupuncture points organized according to the fourteen meridians, eight extra meridians, 48 extra points, and scalp acupuncture points, [4] and published Standard Acupuncture ...
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 .
Therapy usually begins with a traditional Chinese massage to open up the body's meridians, followed by a series of Bian stone treatments with pre-heated bian stone. This therapy can be coupled with other traditional Chinese medicine therapy, such as acupuncture, or cupping to achieve the optimal effect on cervical vertebra [7] disease.