Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) originated in ancient China and has been passed down for thousands of years.
TCM is a comprehensive ideological and theoretical system. It provides a holistic view of the union of man and nature and focuses on this correspondence to directly explore the relationship between humans and the origin of the universe.
TCM also applies the broader paradigms of yin and yang and the five elements or five phases, frameworks that summarize, analyze and explain the physiological and pathological changes inside human bodies.
TCM uses these frameworks to establish the theoretical foundation of diagnosis and treatment. Other important concepts include qi, blood and body fluid, visceral manifestation, meridian systems, constitution, etiology, and pathogenesis.
