Traditional Chinese Medicine is a holistic approach to diagnose, treat and prevent disease. By identifying patterns of disharmony within the body’s energetic system and then applying individual or combined therapies of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tuina, a form of therapeutic massage as well as other techniques.
TCM is holistic in its approach to treatment and seeks to treat the whole person and ascertain the root cause of the problems rather than the symptomatic approach of Western allopathic medicine.
The concepts of Qi (energy) Yin Yang, five elements, the meridian system and what is known as the Zang Fu (a complex understanding of the workings of the internal organs) are unique to TCM and differentiate the system from other medical systems.