中医 TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine)

《黄帝内经》Huang Di's Classic of Internal Medicine；

            Yellow Emperor's Canon of Traditional Chinese Medicine

《神农本草经》Shennong's Herbal Classic

《本草纲目》Compendium of Material Medica

《易经》I Ching；Book of Change

万物人为贵 Nonthing compares to a human life.

阴阳 yin-yang,the two opposing and complementary principles in nature

相生相克 mutual generation and restriction

对立制约 mutually opposing and constraining

互帮互用 interdependent and mutually promoting

相互转化 mutually transformational

新陈代谢 metabolism

针灸，针刺疗法 acupuncture

艾炙疗法 moxibustion

推拿 medical massage

拔火罐疗法 Chinese cupping therapy

刮痧疗法 skin scraping therapy with water，liquor or vegetable oil

理疗 physical therapy

切脉 feeling the pulse

偏方 folk prescription

秘方 secret prescription

祖传秘方 secret prescription handed down from one's ancestors

阴阳五行学说 the theory of yin-yang and five elements（metal，wood，water，fire and earth）

心 heart

肝 liver

脾 spleen

胃 stomach

肺 lung

肾 kidney

内伤七情（喜、怒、忧、思、悲、恐、惊）

         internal causes（joy，anger，worry，thought，grief，fear and surprise）

外感六淫（风、寒、暑、湿、燥、火）

         external causes（wind，cold，heat，wetness，dryness and fire）