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Herbal medicine(中草药) Acupuncture（针灸） Cupping（拔罐） Massage（按摩） 1.What is Chinese herbal medicine？ 2.History of Chinese herbal medicine. 3.Usage of herbal medicine 1.What is Chinese herbal medicine？ Natural source of TCM Roots Stem Bark Flower Fruit The Performance of the TCM(中药的性能） It can also called drug properties(药性）. “four natures of drugs（四气）” “the five flavors(五味）” “channel tropism （归经）” “ascending and descending, floating and sinking （升降浮沉）” “toxicity（毒性）” Needles The needles are very thin, as thin as a human hair. Patients don’t feel the needles. When they are inserted people twist or tap the needle. Moxibustion Willow(柳） Mulberry (桑) Moxa (艾草) Burn on the point or let the point expose to smoke. Cupping Cupping therapy is widely used for more than a hundred of disorders. In cupping therapy, a jar is applied to the skin to induce local congestion through removing air. 1 Types of Jar 1.1 Bamboo Jar 1.2 Pottery Jar 1.3 Glass Jar 1.4 Air exhausting Jar 2 Cup Manipulation Retaining Cupping(留罐法） Moval Cupping(走罐法） Successive Flash Cupping(闪罐法） Blood letting puncturing and cupping(刺血拔罐法） Retaining needle and cupping(留针拔罐法） 3 Functions This therapy warms and promotes the free flow of Qi and blood in the meridians(经络腧穴）,swelling and pain. It also dispels Cold and Dampness. Brief account of Chinese Tuina(Massage) Chinese Tuina is a therapeutic approach guided by the theory of traditional Chinese Medicine and used to treat diseases through massage manipulations or by means of some massage tools applied to certain parts or points on human body surface. Reinforcement and Reduction of Massage 1.reinforcing and reducing methods with light or heavy manipulations(轻重补泻法), 2. reinforcing and reducing methods with manipulations of right or left rotation(左右旋转补泻法), 3.reinforcing and reducing methods with manipula