Chinese medicine

The Chinese medicine health system and an integrated preventive and therapeutic, and is one of the oldest types of medicine known to mankind, most researchers in the history of Chinese medicine point out that its beginning was before more than 4,000 years. Historical sources indicated a folkloric movements dating back more than 4,000 years in the era of "Yao" was used to strengthen the body and regulate the movement of ch'i, or energy "for treatment, also found references to such use in the era of" tautangh "in the same period.

There are excavations of what looks like a pointed tools such as needles dating back to several thousand years BC and representing the first beginnings of the pressure points of the body's energy pathways for treatment just as in acupuncture today. Some of these fossils was made of rock or bone, more recent excavations were made mostly of iron or bronze after beginning the use of these metals in antiquity.

In the past three centuries of Chinese medicine has reached full maturity and basic health means in the lives of Chinese people and Chinese culture and heritage attractions, as are traditional schools specializing in Chinese medicine spread books and references on these disciplines. In 1911, after the end of "Qing" dynasty, the last Imperial ruled China, the opening of China to the world and go Chinese medicine more broadly to different parts of Asia such as Japan and Korea and founded since 1950 several Chinese universities that teach Chinese medicine for tens of thousands of students each year.

Branches of Chinese medicine major
Chinese medicine uses several major means for prevention and treatment, although many of these methods but they are all based on the same concepts and basic theories of Chinese medicine. The difference is in the way that you can deal with your energy mainly in the body in order to bring about the desired effect of treatment or prevention.

The major means for Chinese medicine are:
1. acupuncture.
2. the use of herbs.
3. massage.
4. health exercises. The first three external effect means a human energy, i.e. the origin is separate from the same person, while the health effect of indoor workouts on a human being's power lead by the same person.

Frequently used Chinese medicine more than a treatment, for example, may be a treatment based on a massage at the same time used some herbs to stimulate a stronger healing or treatment through acupuncture and training and, in some cases, treatment is through one of these methods.