Today was the first day I attended the TCM course. It was not the normal course that I planned to attend but was more like a short term introductory course that will last 12 weeks of 3 hours each. However, I learned quite a bit of Chinese medicine knowledge and the principles and philosophy of Chinese medicine.
One very important aspect I learned is that TCM made up of science, astronomy, arts of war, mathematics, biology, and many other fields. In other words, if you want to master the art or science of TCM, you need to know at least ten different disciplines. Another distinction of TCM versus western medicine is that Yin and Yan play a core role in the overall discipline of TCM. For instance, hot and cold, yin and yan, wet and dry, up and down, in and out, and so on. Traditionally, TCM were categorized into 3 grades. Highest grade is for health enhancement, 2nd grade is for enhancement and cure and the last one is actually "poison' that can be used as medicine.
TCM was the thousand years of studies that was made up of 4 different major medical books or rather compilation of medical studies and it is still evolving and improving on a daily basis. One of the major developments is the combination of western and chinese medical technology for prevention and cure of illness. We hope by combining the medical development of the two major groups of medicine, more break through in the scientific field can be achieved.
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