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Chinese medicine is a patient-oriented medical system that treats the patients instead of the diseases. It is believed that qi (the Chinese term for vital energy) supports the functional activities and blood supplies nutriments for the whole body. There exists a system of channels within the human body, through which the vital energy and blood circulate, and by which the internal organs are connected with superficial organs and tissues, and the body is made an organic whole. Using these holistic and harmonic approaches, Chinese medicine emphasizes to strengthen the body resistance. It attaches importance to the self-healing ability of human body to remove pathogenic factors and recover health. Many of its cancer therapies, such as Chinese medication (including medicinal decoction, patent medicine, and proprietary medicine), medicated diet, acupuncture and moxibustion, as well as qigongand massage, are employed for...
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Cho, W.CS. (2014). Chinese Versus Western Medicine. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_1099-7
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