What is Chinese Medicine?
Traditional Chinese Medicine , or TCM, is an ancient holistic medicine centered on the Chinese concept of energy. This vital energy, known as Qi, animates all manifestations of life in the universe and activates all
the processes of the body.
Disease is seen as the result of energy blockages and imbalances. Thus, Chinese Medicine restores the natural balance of both the body and the mind to achieve equilibirium of Qi.
“To restore equilibrium when energies are in excess or when there is deficiency is the main object of the physician's endeavors”, states a two-thousand-year-old Chinese medical text.
Each organ, each disease, is seen within the context of the whole. The same disease manifesting in two individuals may not have the same root cause, therefore the treatments are highly individualized. Diagnosis is based upon pulse and tongue analysis, astute observation, and careful listening.