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Powerful Fusion of Eastern & Western Medicine
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A powerful fusion of eastern and western medicine promises more effective cures. The debate on the effectiveness or otherwise of eastern and western medicines has been raging on for a long time; wisdom lies in making use of the goodness in both, and that's what integrative medicine is all about.
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The Eastern and Western medical philosophies are very different in how they regard illness and health. Like westerners are using spoon and fork in dining but chinese are using chopsticks, these is all similar about effect. Western medicine offers an accurate, scientifically evaluated and microscopic view of the disease, right down to the cellular or molecular levels. It involves tests, scans and dosages that are measured to the milligram. However, certain simple things can't be measured, and in such cases, a western diagnosis may give the patient a clean bill of health when the patient still has complaint of certain symptoms. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes in balance, as health exists where equilibrium ( defined in terms of Yin & Yang ) thrives. It functions on the principle that an imbalance in the body creates pain or illness, that is, an excess or deficiency of qi. Eastern medicines target symptoms, bring the body back into equilibrium and restore the patient's sense of well being, thus enabling the body to battle chronic complaints as well.
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Recent interest in integrative East West Medicine shows that there are benefits in integrative treatments in some of the chronic diseases and those that may not be managed by Western medicine, for example, chronic back pain, joint pains, cancer, hypertension and diabetes.
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Recent studies by most of the hospitals in China and General Hospital in Beijing on lung cancer patients found that those who had integrative treatment reported a 20 percent higher survival rate than those who relied on Western medicine alone.
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Combining the benefits of the east and the west has proven to be a more potent way of battling illnesses. Integrative medicine may just be the path to prompt relief and effective treatment of all ailments !!!
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The Eastern and Western medical philosophies are very different in how they regard illness and health. Like westerners are using spoon and fork in dining but chinese are using chopsticks, these is all similar about effect. Western medicine offers an accurate, scientifically evaluated and microscopic view of the disease, right down to the cellular or molecular levels. It involves tests, scans and dosages that are measured to the milligram. However, certain simple things can't be measured, and in such cases, a western diagnosis may give the patient a clean bill of health when the patient still has complaint of certain symptoms. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes in balance, as health exists where equilibrium ( defined in terms of Yin & Yang ) thrives. It functions on the principle that an imbalance in the body creates pain or illness, that is, an excess or deficiency of qi. Eastern medicines target symptoms, bring the body back into equilibrium and restore the patient's sense of well being, thus enabling the body to battle chronic complaints as well.
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Recent interest in integrative East West Medicine shows that there are benefits in integrative treatments in some of the chronic diseases and those that may not be managed by Western medicine, for example, chronic back pain, joint pains, cancer, hypertension and diabetes.
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Recent studies by most of the hospitals in China and General Hospital in Beijing on lung cancer patients found that those who had integrative treatment reported a 20 percent higher survival rate than those who relied on Western medicine alone.
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Combining the benefits of the east and the west has proven to be a more potent way of battling illnesses. Integrative medicine may just be the path to prompt relief and effective treatment of all ailments !!!
