Traditional Chinese Medicine as a Holistic Dietary and Healthcare System for Public Nutrition
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Xiaowen Mao
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This article explores Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a holistic healthcare system encompassing both Han and minority ethnic medical traditions in China. It contrasts TCM's holistic approach with conventional biomedicine's focus on treating specific diseases, emphasizing TCM's unique theoretical foundations, long history, and distinctive therapeutic methods. The content discusses how TCM serves to enhance physical fitness and facilitate disease management, with a particular focus on dietary approaches within the TCM framework for public nutrition.
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· 5 pulledTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a collective term for the medical systems of all ethnic groups in China.
TCM reflects the Chinese nation's understanding of health, life, and disease.
Conventional biomedicine often focuses on treating specific diseases or symptoms. But TCM emphasizes the unison of the...
TCM is a holistic and ancient healthcare system. In China, it has been used for thousands of years.
As a profound and holistic medical system, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) serves not only to enhance physical fitness but also to facilitate disease management.
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