TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, is one of the most popular forms of alternative medical treatment that has emerged from modern Western medical culture. People who want to improve their health and prevent disease often look to traditional healing methods. This type of medical care can be provided in many forms, including acupuncture or acupressure.

While there are numerous forms and theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the most well-known is TCM. In short, acupuncture is a very old form of Chinese medicine that has been refined over time. Since thousands of years, acupuncture has been used in China as a method of health care. Acupuncture has been described as a pseudo science; the concepts and practices of TCM are largely not based on solid scientific evidence and is often characterized as quackery.

The principles behind TCM are the idea that the body can heal itself through the use of natural herbal products. This is different than modern medicine which looks at the symptoms to determine how to treat it. Instead, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the body can heal itself through the changes it undergoes, specifically when it is suffering from ailments. When the practitioner believes that the ailment is caused by the imbalance of yin and yang or hot and cold forces within the body, they will often begin to look for herbs commonly used as remedies to relieve the ailments the patient is suffering from.

Traditional Chinese medicine and tcm posit that illness is caused in part by imbalances of the four elements yin, Yang, Water, Wind. A person will have a healthy body if they have the right balance of yin and Yang. This will result in a good health condition. A suffering body will result if the yin or yang in the body are out of balance because of factors like too much heat and too little cold. When a TCM practitioner believes that an illness is caused by these factors, they will often begin to use treatments that restore the yin and yang balance to the person’s body so that they can once again enjoy good health.

TCM practitioners believe that the four elements – namely, yin and yang, which are believed to be fixed by nature – interact through the Qi to create health and ill health. They believe that if these two forces are out of balance, then there will be illness and disease in one’s life. TCM treatments can help restore balance to the Qi. They aim to increase the yin/yang in the body. TCM treatments such as acupuncture, herbal supplements, and massage are all designed to encourage the proper flow of Qi.

Acupuncture and tcm therapy can both go hand in hand with each other. TCM practitioners believe that acupuncture allows the patient to release negative energy while at the same time encouraging positive energy to enter and circulate throughout the body, thus improving health and combating disease. TCM practitioners also believe that tcm helps patients to rid themselves of toxins and those with weak immune systems, allowing them to fight off illness and disease. Massage can soothe muscles and connective tissue, allowing the body to function at its best.