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02 22nd, 2009| 
TCM or Traditional Chinese Medicines traditionally based on treating the disharmony patterns rather than the biomedical diagnosis as we have seen earlier. People who are practicing both the modern medicine and traditional acupuncture though have noted and the relationship between the two.
A pattern of TCM disharmony could be described in a certain range in biomedical diagnosis. For example the TCM deficiency called the Spleen Qi deficiency can be referred to in the biomedical diagnosis as persistent fatigue, diarrhoea or uterine prolapse.
Nowadays acupuncturists use other kind of ways for stimulation of the accupoints like herbs, magnets, lasers and electricity. The ultimate target is to adjust the vital energy in such way that the body heals itself. The acupuncture process has been evaluated and adjusted over the centuries, modern thinking states that diseases and injuries can be corrected by a set of responses which are complex.
Similarly, a group of patients with a similar biomedical diagnosis may have varying patterns in TCM. The TCM aphorism states – “One disease, many patterns; one pattern, many diseases”.
This clearly shows that treatment of acupuncture is individualized. It is based more on intuitive impressions and definitely not on a set pattern or controlled scientific research.
Within Traditional-Chinese-Medicine, there are four diagnostic methods available; Inspection, Auscultation and Olfaction, Inquiring and Palpation..
If you are interested on this subject, and would like to know about What Critics Say, Physiological Mechanisms of Acupuncture Risks Involved and son on please check our guide on Chinese Acupuncture Treatment Diseases
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