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Traditional Chinese medicine
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Traditional Chinese medicine is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no ro
A prescription section of a pharmacy in Nanning, Guangxi, China, with prepackaged Chinese and Western medicine (left) and Chinese medicinal herbs (rig
A prescription section of a pharmacy in Nanning, Guangxi, China, with prepackaged Chinese and Western medicine (left) and Chinese medicinal herbs (right) behind the sales counter
Acupuncture chart from Hua Shou (fl. 1340s, Yuan dynasty). This image from Shisi jingfahui (Expression of the Fourteen Meridians). (Tokyo: Suharaya He
Acupuncture chart from Hua Shou (fl. 1340s, Yuan dynasty). This image from Shisi jingfahui (Expression of the Fourteen Meridians). (Tokyo: Suharaya Heisuke kanko, Kyoho gan 1716).
Apothecary mixing traditional Chinese medicine at Jiangsu Chinese Medical Hospital, Nanjing, China
Apothecary mixing traditional Chinese medicine at Jiangsu Chinese Medical Hospital, Nanjing, China
Old Chinese medical chart on acupuncture meridians
Old Chinese medical chart on acupuncture meridians
Chinese herbology
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Chinese herbology or Chinese materia medica is the theory of traditional Chinese pharmacotherapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments in traditional Chinese medicine. It is analogous to othe
Traditional Chinese medicine
…traditional China encompassed a range of sometimes competing health and healing practices, folk beliefs, literati theory, Taoist and Confucian philosophy, herbal remedies, food, diet, exercise, medical specializations, and schools of thought. TCM as it exists today has been described as a largely 20th century invention…
Dried herbs and plant portions for Chinese herbology at a Xi'an market
Dried herbs and plant portions for Chinese herbology at a Xi'an market
Chinese pharmacopoeia
Chinese pharmacopoeia
A traditional Chinese herbal decoction (湯劑/汤剂)
A traditional Chinese herbal decoction (湯劑/汤剂)
Dried seahorses like these are extensively used in traditional medicine in China and elsewhere.
Dried seahorses like these are extensively used in traditional medicine in China and elsewhere.