A Beginner’s Guide To Chinese Medicine

A Beginner’s Guide To Chinese Medicine
A model used for the study of acupuncture points. Photos.com
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Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM, can treat many health issues. While Chinese Medicine is well known for pain relief, there is so much more it can do. Improved fertility, digestive disorders, allergies/sinus infections and stress relief, are just a few of the problems that can be addressed with Chinese Medicine.

Let me go over some basics. Chinese Medicine encompasses more than just Acupuncture.

It also includes Cupping, Moxabustion, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Tuina. I will give a brief description of each. 

Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles into specific points on the body. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles into specific points on the body. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
Jennifer Dubowsky
Jennifer Dubowsky
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Jennifer Dubowsky is a licensed acupuncturist with a practice in downtown Chicago, Illinois, since 2002. Jennifer maintains a popular blog about health and Chinese Medicine and In 2013, Jennifer released her first book, Adventures in Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Herbs and Ancient Ideas for Today.