The lungs (Chinese: 肺; pinyin: fèi) is one of the zang organs described in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a functionally-defined entity and not equivalent...
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According to traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney (Chinese: 腎: shèn) refers to either of the two viscera located on the small of the back, one either...
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific...
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Chinese: 经络; traditional Chinese: 經絡; pinyin: jīngluò, also called channel network) is a pseudoscientific concept from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)...
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The Spleen (Chinese: 脾; pinyin: pí) is one of the zàng organs stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It is a functionally defined entity and...
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example, barbiturates, tubocurarine). The use of iron lungs is largely obsolete in modern medicine as more modern breathing therapies have been developed...
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Lungs, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Lung (Chinese medicine), a zang organ described in traditional Chinese medicine Lung...
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Pneumoconiosis (redirect from Welder's lung)
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains...
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The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish...
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The following is a list of traditional Chinese medicines. There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal prescriptions recorded...
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Zangfu (category Traditional Chinese medicine)
(simplified Chinese: 脏腑; traditional Chinese: 臟腑; pinyin: zàngfǔ) organs are functional entities stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). These...
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The model of the body in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has the following elements: the Fundamental Substances; Qi, Blood, Jing (Essence), Shen (Mind)...
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Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in...
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Lianhua Qingwen (category Traditional Chinese medicine pills)
Lianhua Qingwen (simplified Chinese: 连花清瘟; traditional Chinese: 連花清瘟; lit. 'medicine using Forsythia suspensa and Lonicera japonica to clear illness',...
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medicine industry. In 2023, Tibetan Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region became the National Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine (Tibetan Medicine)...
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intestine (simplified Chinese: 大肠; traditional Chinese: 大腸; pinyin: dà cháng) is one of the fu organs stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). As distinct...
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Metal (wuxing) (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
Chinese philosophy, metal or gold (Chinese: 金; pinyin: jīn), In the Wu Xing, it is the return or the declining stage. In Traditional Chinese Medicine...
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List of acupuncture points (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
acupuncture, acupressure, and other treatment systems based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). More than four hundred acupuncture points have been described...
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and healing practices in early Chinese dynasties were heavily shaped by the practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Starting around the Zhou...
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Lai Ching Lung (Chinese: 黎青龍, born 1949) is a Hong Kong medical physician. Lai studied at Diocesan Boys' School, and subsequently in the Li Ka Shing Faculty...
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progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition...
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Chinese astrology is based on traditional Chinese astronomy and the Chinese calendar. Chinese astrology flourished during the Han dynasty (2nd century...
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Salvia miltiorrhiza (redirect from Chinese sage)
genus Salvia, highly valued for its roots in traditional Chinese medicine. Native to China and Japan, it grows at 90 to 1,200 m (300 to 3,940 ft) elevation...
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Qigong (redirect from Chinese Qigong)
arts training. With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and martial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed by the Chinese and throughout Asia as a practice...
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Scaphium affine (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
health.[citation needed] According to Chinese medicine, the use of "Pang Da Hai" can remove heat from the lung, cure sore throats, counteract toxicity...
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Respiratory failure (redirect from Lung failure)
respiratory failure". Critical Care Medicine. McGill University. "Respiratory Failure - Diagnosis". National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, US National...
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The Han Chinese or Han people and colloquially known as the Chinese are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. They are the world's largest...
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there are five traditional animal styles known as Ng Ying Kung Fu (Chinese: 五形功夫) Chinese: 五形; pinyin: wǔ xíng; lit. 'Five Forms')—Tiger, Crane, Leopard,...
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Lung On (1863–1940) was a Chinese scholar, and businessman who immigrated to Oregon in the United States. He opened the apothecary store, Kam Wah Chung...
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