Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine which is always shortened as TCM has evolved over thousands of years. It is a unique view of the world and the human body that is totally different from western medicine concepts. Traditional Chinese Medicine is not a simple medicine or treatment, but a broad name of different kinds of medical methods which share common concepts and these medical methods include:
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Herbs are any plants used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume and it is the most common type of Traditional Chinese Medicine. So far many herbs have been proven to be able to restore the health of the kidneys.
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Acupuncture is a medical treatment for kidney disease that involves long needles and acupoints. In this method, long needs are used to stimulate certain points of the body, so as to achieve the purpose of treating disease. Acupuncture shows positive effects in treating kidney disease and has been widely used by patients from different countries.
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Not only for kidney disease patients, but also for healthy people, massage is health-beneficial and it works by enhancing patients’ self-curative ability, inhibiting motor-neuron excitability, promoting relaxation and well-being and so on. Massage can be used as an adjuvant therapy while treating kidney disease.
Back To TopGuaSha
Guasha not only can not be used to help injured kidney become stronger, but also shows effects in relieving back pain, joint pain, headache, fever and preventing high blood-cholesterol disease.
Back To TopMedicated Bath
In medicated bath, medicines which are selected on the basis of patients’ specific illness are added to the bath water and through having bath with water that is fulfilled with effective ingredients in medicine to gain the purpose of treating kidney disease. Medicated bath is helpful, but it is only available for some of the patients.
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Foot bath is a way to detoxify the body. It helps draw impurities out of our system through the soles of our feet. We know kidney is the organ that helps to discharge wastes in blood and when kidney function is affected, toxins build up in the body. In medicine, foot bath can be applied to purify blood in some cases.
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Different from many treatments for kidney disease, QiGong not involve oral medicines and herbs, but a series of meditative and physical movements which can nourish, strengthen and heal the kidney.
Back To TopTaiChi
TaiChi is another kind of Chinese medicine that can be used to help kidney disease patients. Similar with QiGoing, TaiChi is also about physical movements which are designed to adjust immune system, increase immunity and strengthen kidney condition. Although these medical methods share the common concepts, they treat kidney disease differently and also they show different treatment effects. You need to choose the right treatment methods according to your specific illness condition.
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