Doctor
of Chinese Medicine - Dr.
Simone Speyer in South Florida
presents...
WHAT IS CHINESE
MEDICINE?
HISTORY OF CHINESE
MEDICINE
Chinese
medicine has been around dating back as much
as 2-3,000 years. Today in China it continues
to be used and has also become integrated
with Western Medicine. Chinese medicine was
created by Chinese scholars, whose theories
and 
practice of Chinese medicine
was recorded and used experientially. There
are an estimated 30-40,000 books on Chinese
Medicine written before the turn of the
century. Since that time, thousands more
books and research articles have been written
and published in the People's republic of
China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
ENERGY BALANCING
In
Chinese medicine it is believed that illness
manifests itself with symptoms. Unlike
Western medicine, Chinese medicine looks at
specific patterns of imbalance…
disharmonies in the energy system called
Meridians.
WHAT IS A MERIDIAN?
A
meridian is a channel within the body that
carries the energy called Qi. Qi is the
energy that drives the organs and when the Qi
is out of balance, the areas affected will
manifest their symptoms along the related
meridian.
HOW DO WE DETERMINE
YOUR IMBALANCE?
A Chinese
medical practitioner will do a comprehensive
examination of your complaint. Diagnostic
techniques include:
 |
observation
of your complexion |
| |
your behavior
(active versus passive) |
|
observing the
color of your tongue body and its
shape or coating |
|
Palpation of
your pulse (in Chinese medicine pulse
diagnosis can reveal imbalances by
the rate, depth and width of your
pulse) |
| |
Auscultation
of the heart using a stethoscope |
| |
listening to
your voice - is it clear, hoarse or
low/high |
|
observations
of excretions - odors etc. |
So as you
can see, Chinese medical practitioners are
interested in all your bodily functions. In
addition, your SHEN or spirit - state of mind -
your emotions - are also very important. For
example joy or happiness is associated with
the heart, grief with the lungs, anger or
depression with the liver, worry with the
spleen, fear with the kidneys.
WHAT IS CONSIDERED
A TRAINED AND QUALIFIED CHINESE MEDICAL
PRACTITIONER?
In North
America a Chinese medical practitioner is
either a licensed acupuncturist or certified
acupuncturist. In Florida they 
are called Licensed Acupuncture
Physicians and are considered a primary care
physician; D.O.M.- Dr. of Oriental Medicine,
Dr. Ac - Designation for Dr. of Acupuncture
in Rhode Island.
HOW DO I KNOW IF
THEY HAD ENOUGH TRAINING?
A
licensed Acupuncture Physician in Florida has
approximately 3,700 hours of training, 800
hours of clinical experience and are required
to take a written/practical State Board
Examination. In addition, those with
additional training may become Nationally
certified, which is required by many states
in the U.S.A. today by the N.C.C.A.O.M. -
National Commission for the Certification of
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (located in
Washington D.C.).
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