Traditional Chinese medicine refers to a medical system partially founded on the ideology that energy, referred to as qi, moves through body pathways referred to as meridians. According to this belief, if there is a blockage of qi’s movement through the meridians or the movement is unbalanced, this causes an illness. Chinese medicine has been practised in the country for thousands of years and is continually rising in popularity in most Western countries. Various causes are said to result in the imbalance of qi, and this includes.

• Lifestyle factors including  little sleep, overconsumption of alcohol or having a poor diet
• Internal forces including; the emotion of fear, joy or anger.
• External forces including heat, wind or cold

Traditional Chinese medicine also involves another great concept, the yin and yang. According to this ideology, all things, including the body, are made up of forces referred to as yin and yang. An individual’s health is determined by how these forces are balanced. To prevent illness, traditional Chinese medicine emphasises preserving the yin-yang balance. To ensure good health, it is also essential to ensure that you have a balanced diet. To get quality Chinese food, visit review sites such as Britainreviews.co.uk and look at Chinese food delivery restaurant reviews. Avoid negatively reviewed restaurants, especially if all negative reviews point to a similar issue. This article offers some basics of traditional Chinese medicine and the techniques involved.

Some of the traditional Chinese medicine techniques are;

Moxibustion

This therapy entails burning the Mugwort root, referred to as moxa, prepared from dried spongy herbs known as Artemisia vulgaris, to assist in healing. When moxa is burned, it produces smoke with a powerful odour, often confused with the cannabis odour. Moxibustion aims to invigorate and warm the blood, arousing qi’s flow, dispersing cold & expelling wind, … Read More