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  2. Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese medicine also includes some human parts: the classic Materia medica (Bencao Gangmu) describes (also criticizes) the use of 35 human body parts and excreta in medicines, including bones, fingernail, hairs, dandruff, earwax, impurities on the teeth, feces, urine, sweat, organs, but most are no longer in use. [165] [166] [167]

  3. Eight principles - Wikipedia

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    The eight principles are a core concept of traditional Chinese medicine based on Confucianism. The identification and differentiation of syndromes according to the eight principles is one of the earliest examples of critical and deductive thinking for diagnosis. [1] The eight principles are:

  4. The body in traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    The model of the body in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has the following elements: the Fundamental Substances; Qi, ( Energy), Jing (Essence), Shen (Spirit) that nourish and protect the Zang-Fu organs; and the meridians (jing-luo) which connect and unify the body.

  5. Three Treasures (traditional Chinese medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Both Neidan, Neo-Confucianism and Traditional Chinese Medicine distinguish the between "pre heaven" (xiantian 先天), referring to what is innate or natural, and "post heaven" (houtian 後天), referring to what is acquired in the course of life. [7] [8] The former are the "three origins" (Sanyuan 三元): [6] "Original essence" (yuanjing 元精)

  6. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    Old Chinese medical chart of acupuncture meridians. Acupuncture is a substantial part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Early acupuncture beliefs relied on concepts that are common in TCM, such as a life force energy called qi. [103]

  7. Huangdi Neijing - Wikipedia

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    A digitized copy of the Su Wen of the Huangdi Neijing for online reading. Huangdi Neijing (simplified Chinese: 黄帝内经; traditional Chinese: 黃帝內經; pinyin: Huángdì Nèijīng), literally the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor or Esoteric Scripture of the Yellow Emperor, is an ancient Chinese medical text or group of texts that has been treated as a fundamental doctrinal source for ...

  8. Yangsheng (Daoism) - Wikipedia

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    The unabridged Chinese-Chinese Hanyu Da Cidian ("Comprehensive Chinese Word Dictionary"), lexicographically comparable to the Oxford English Dictionary, gives five definitions of yǎngshēng (養生): 保养生命; 维持生. [Take good care of one's health, preserve one's lifespan] 摄养身心使长寿. [Nourish one's body and mind for longevity]

  9. Medicine in China - Wikipedia

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    In China, the practice of medicine is a mixture of government, charitable, and private institutions, while many people rely on traditional medicine.Until reforms in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, physicians were quasi-government employees and with little freedom in the choice of the hospital to work with.