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Traditional Chinese medicine was introduced to the western hemisphere three decades ago and has been widely used ever since. People all over the world are beginning to turn to Chinese medicine. Living in the complexity of today’s society, conventional medicine occasionally requires additional assistance from traditional eastern therapy. With modern technology we are able to explore from the depths of the oceans to outer-limits in space, genetically clone an exact replica of a cat but yet, there are still incurable diseases that continue to cause suffering among millions worldwide. The alternative medicine has earned an elevating reputation in the West for its effectiveness and safety for some chronic illnesses. As a result, The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that a wide range of conditions be treated by Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Ancient Chinese medicine has existed since 1000 BC. The eastern practice consist mainly of acupuncture and prescriptions of herbal formulas. Chinese medicine originated from the theory of The Ying and the Yang, which are absolute opposites but yet, mutually dependent upon one another. The basis of eastern medicine evolves around the philosophy in the nature of health and disease and its correlation. The foundation of the theory derives from the three essences (treasures), five elements, six climatic influences, seven emotional factors, eight principles of therapy, fourteen meridians, and other relative components. Within the past 40 years, western medical doctors have been intensively conducting research upon combing the contemporary scientific methods with traditional chinese herbs and ancient medical practices. Through research methods such as, chemical analysis, pharmacological and physiological tests in the laboratory, and clinical trials, there have been publications of favourable evidence shown that chinese herbal medicine is effective in curing various conditions including cancer. In general, chinese herbal medicine and its ancient methods has been effective towards the human body and soul for thousands and thousands of years, and will continue to be an essential existence in our lives to eliminate sickness and suffering world wide.
World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that eastern medicine is capable of curing conditions such as; arthritis, asthma, cerebral palsy, colitis, back pain, depression, diabetes, eczema, hay fever, herpes, hypoglycaemia, impotence, infertility, insomnia, menorragia, migraine, pre-menstrual syndromes, sciatica, skin disorder and stroke versus conventional medicine which consider these illnesses incurable. In addition, chinese herbs can eradicate sickness without side effects that modern medicine creates. In some cases, chinese herbs can relieve the side effects that conventional treatments produce. For an example, cancer patients that must undergo radiotherapy and or chemotherapy who use eastern methods and herbal medicine will feel more energetic, yet more relaxed, and it can alleviate some disease symptoms at its maximum potential. However, you are not suggested to use Chinese herbal medicine if you have acute conditions such as heart attacks, injuries, and serious bacterial infections, unless your conventional medical therapies are ineffective or produce serious side-effects.
Keep in mind that Chinese medicine is not always like conventional medicine that will immediately take effect. With serious chronic diseases, it could be expected to undergo treatment for a minimum of 3-6 months with herbal therapy. However, under conditions which pain needs to be treated, it may take only 1-3 treatments to feel significant relief. On the average, most cases will take 4-8 treatments to be resolved.
Chinese medicine and treatment consist of more than 5000 different types and methods. About 300 types are commonly used. Thus, it would be difficult to answer yes or no on whether there are side effects with Chinese medicine without considering the components of the individual herbs. Around the time of Shen-Long-Ben-Cao-Jin 100BC, herbal medicine was categorized into three classifications as upper, middle and lower class. Middle and lower classes should be used carefully due to the fact that they may have side effects and toxicity. Some of the herbs in the lower class are marked toxic, and can be extremely poisonous and deadly. Therefore, this category should be used only in extreme conditions. Under such extreme conditions toxic herbs are banned and prohibited in the U.S. Commonly used, are the upper class herbs, but still they are known to possibly create side effects as well. Ginseng for an example, is a quite expensive herb which causes headaches, insomnia, internal bleeding, fever, and high blood pressure. DangGui (Angelica sinensis) causes urticaria. Gingko biloba L. causes headache, fatigue, loss of an appetite and constipation. Chinese Herbal medicine will possibly produce allergic reactions including gastro-intestinal reactions, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and skin irritations. Keep in mind, that an herbal prescription is usually a combination of 2 or more herbs. As a result, possible side effects posed by a single herb could be reduced by mutual-detoxification. And of course, if the patient abuses the medicine or usage of the herb side effects will also occur. However, side effects caused by Chinese herbs are rarely reported and mild comparing to conventional medicines. If Chinese herbal medicine is utilized correctly with the help of a qualified and experienced herbalist side effects will be reduced to the minimum.
For the past 50 years, the Chinese
government has encouraged medical doctors to use the combination of
western and eastern medicine. Through scientific studies and intensive
research it has been proven that the combination of both methods and
therapies will effectively cure illness where as if individually acting
alone will have little effect or delayed results. Due to the fact, that
the research was conducted over a massive population and over a prolonged
time period a large amount of data and useful information was produced.
Most of the data was recorded in Chinese, therefore most non-chinese
speakers in the West are unexposed to the theory. To briefly summarize
the information discovered from the experiments and studies: some Chinese
herbs and remedies do interact with certain drugs. Herbs create synergistic
and sometimes negative results to the human body. But however, the negative
side effects rarely occur and less frequent than satisfying and successful
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