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Acupuncture and Moxa Cautery
Chinese Medicine
In China, unique medical treatment has been developed during its long history. In the civilization of the Hun people, about 200 BC, the first description of medical treatment has been discovered. In other Chinese Civilizations, many artifacts describing medical treatment have been unearthed, and have shown China to be a nation highly in tune with treating common ailments.
In the north, where the climate is severe, acupuncture and Moxa Cautery developed. It developed with another well-known Chinese medicine, herbal medicine. These two medical treatments are common in Chinese medicine as a way to heal the entire body, and free it from disease and pain. This is the difference between Chinese medical treatment and western medicine.
Acupuncture and Moxa Cautery
Acupuncture and Moxa Cautery are eastern physical medical treatment for reducing pain and healing fatigue. It was said that there are thirty roads of energy existing inside the body, and they work to balance the bodies internal and external physiology. When there is an unbalance, diseases are said to occur, and they appear as changes in the road. There are fourteen main roads in the human body, and from ten toxicity points exist on the each road. Doctors treat acupuncture or Moxa Cautery on the points of patient as to their symptom. Doctors who practice acupuncture feel along these points to detect weak energy and disease.
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