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Medicine
Chinese medicine is a wonderful part of Chinese culture and is being slowly accepted by foreigners. By using natural plants, herbs, etc.. and based on thousands of years of research and studies, Chinese medicine can have effects that Western medicine cannot. Below is a list of diseases Chinese medicine can cure. (courtesy of China-Window.com

Upper Respiratory Tract

  • Acute sinusitis
  • Acute rhinitis Common Cold
  • Acute tonsillitis
Respiratory System
  • Acute bronchitis
  • Bronchial asthma (most effective in children and in patients without complicating diseases)
Disorders of the Eye
  • Acute conjunctivitis
  • Central retinitis
  • Myopia (in children)
  • Cataract (without complications)
Disorders of the Mouth
  • Toothache, post-extraction pain
  • Gingivitis
  • Acute and chronic pharyngitis
Gastro-intestinal Disorders
  • Spasms of esophagus and cardia
  • Hiccough
  • Gastroptosis
  • Acute and chronic gastritis
  • Gastric hyperacidity
  • Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)
  • Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications)
  • Acute and chronic colitis
  • Acute bacillary dysentery
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Paralytic ileus
Neurological and Musculo-skeletal Disorders
  • Headache and migraine
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Facial palsy (early stage, i.e., within three to six months)
  • Pareses following a stroke
  • Peripheral neuropathies
  • Sequelae of poliomyelitis (early stage, i.e., within six months)
  • Meniere's disease
  • Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
  • Nocturnal enuresis
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Cervicobrachial syndrome
  • "Frozen shoulder," "tennis elbow"
  • Sciatica
  • Low back pain
  • Osteoarthritis
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