CHAPTER 17

DISEASES TREATMENT

疾病的治疗

Upon completion of this chapter, you are required to:

Master the basic words forming TCM terms associated with this chapter.
Understand new TCM terms formed by these words.
Make new TCM terms using these basic words.
Describe disease treatment with medicinals.
Describe disease treatment using acupuncture and moxibustion.

Similar to Western medicine, disease in TCM is categorized into internal medicine*, external medicine*, gynecology and obstetrics*, pediatrics*, ophthalmology*, otorhinolaryngostomatology*, and orthopedics and traumatology*. However, in this chapter, only Bell's palsy and dysmenorrhea will be discussed. For further knowledge, you may need to read the articles in the following websites:

http://www.yinyangmedicine.com/common-conditions-tcm/
http://www.richmondhilltcm.com/Conditionstreatedsearch1.html
http://www.appractice.com/disorder_treated_with_traditional_chinese_medicine.html