Traditional Chinese Medicine And CFS

Traditional Chinese medicine makes use of more than one type of technique to help to manage and/or control chronic fatigue syndrome. The first thing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) considers is how to increase the effectiveness of the immune system and how to either conserve the energy stores a patient already possess or else how to go about generating even more energy to improve a person’s quality of life. TCM uses a Variety of practices to treat the intense and unexplained fatigue that a CFS patient suffers from. These methods include acupuncture, Chinese herbs, meditation and moxibustion. Traditional Chinese Medicine also encourages lifestyle modifications such as making healthy dietary changes, exercising plenty and incorporating as much rest and relaxation into your day-to-day life as possible.

Each TCM practice is associated with a different purpose for the CFS patient. For example, acupuncture helps to reprogram the human body to encourage strength and healing while herbs help to keep this process of reprogramming running as smoothly as possible. Coupled with a diet that encourages the conservation of energy and plenty of physical activity, TCM works to improve the workings of the human body for those who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome.

Traditional Chinese medicine has effectively been used to treat many conditions with its highest rates of success being attributed to treating the unfortunate side effects of chemotherapy as well as treating both the cravings as well as the withdrawal symptoms that are often experienced by drug addicts. TCM has shown to be effective at treating a host of chronic health conditions that modern Western medicine has found it difficult to resolve. As well traditional Chinese medicine is often used to successfully treat infections that are resistant to any number of antibiotics.

TCM is based on the philosophy that the human body is a “small universe with a set of complete and sophisticated interconnected systems, and that those systems usually work in balance to maintain the healthy function of the human body.” The balance of the feminine yin and the masculine yang is related to qi, which stands for breath, spiritual energy or life force. Blood (or jing) in the TCM framework stands for semen or kidney essence, while TCM also includes the Five elements, other bodily fluids (such as tears and urine), emotions and finally the spirit or soul which is referred to as shen in traditional Chinese medicine.

While the modern Western approach to medicine looks at the human body in terms of parts, the traditional Chinese medicine model is more concerned about the particular function of an organ. Traditional Chinese medicine includes a number of different practices. Historically traditional Chine medicine is broken down into eight branches of treatment and these include in no special order: massage therapy (or tui na), acupuncture and moxibustion, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese food therapy, qigong and related breathing as well as meditation exercises, t’ai chi ch’uan and other kinds of Chinese martial arts. It is always recommended that a chronic fatigue sufferer speak to his or her healthcare practitioner before they turn to alternative medicinal methods, whether it be Traditional Chinese Medicine or otherwise.