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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) or Chinese Herbal Medicine is a complete medical system that has been practiced for centuries in China and is used in primary medical care throughout East Asia.
The used of herbs was recorded nearly 5,000 years ago in the Chinese Materia Medica known as Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Agriculture God's Canon of Materia Medica).
According to legend, Shen Nong (God of
Agriculture) is the earliest person to study and practice herbalism and
his experience and findings were compiled under the Canon of Materia
Medica. That is the reason the God of Agriculture was also worshiped as
the father of medicine. Generally, Chinese definition of Herb encompasses plants or parts of plants such as roots, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, resin, root bark or inner bark. It ranges from plant with no woody stem above ground to shrub and tree which have medicinal properties. Some of these herbs used for medicinal benefits are also used for culinary purposes.
In general, TCM is more effective in handling chronic and degenerative health issues than modern allopathic medicine especially in situation when
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These herbs were classified into 3 grades, first grade, second grade and third grade. The first grade of herbs can be used to invigorate the body and prolong life; the second and the third grades of herbs are toxic and can be used to treat diseases but they cannot be consume in large dosage and over a long period.
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