Closer to traditional Chinese medicine(走近中医)

1.What is traditional Chinese medicine 2.How did TCM start and develop 3.What distinguishes TCM's view of the human body 4.What is health in TCM 5.What is qi in TCM 6.What is yin and yang in TCM 7.How does the yin-yang theory apply to the human body 8.What is the five phases in TCM 9.How is the theory of the five phases used in the human body 10.What is TCM's view of blood 11.What is the relation between qi and blood 12.What are body fluids 13.How does TCM view the zang-fu organs 14.How does TCM view human emotions 15.How does TCM perceive diseases 16.What are the causes of disease in TCM 17.What is the pathogenesis in TCM 18.What are the diagnostic methods in TCM 19.How can the four examinations diagnose disease 20.What is "looking" in TCM 21.What are "listening and smelling" in TCM 22.What is "asking" in TCM 23.What is "touching" in TCM 24.How is illness determined by pulse-taking in TCM 25.How does tongue examination work to make diagnosis in TCM 26.Are modem technologies employed in TCM diagnosis 27.What is treating the same disease with different methods and treating different diseases with the same method in TCM 28.What is the general treating principle in TCM 29.What diseases respond very well to TCM 30.What are the features of TCM treatment 31.What are the methods of TCM treatment 32.What are meridians and collaterals 33.What are the functions of meridians and collaterals 34.What is an acupoint 35.What is the meridian qi 36.How many acupoints are there in the human body 37.Is there any difference between acupoints of the Chinese and foreigners 38.What is acupuncture and moxibustion 39.What is the acupuncture needle made of 40.How many types of acupuncture are there 41.What is the feeling during needling 42.Does acupuncture hurt 43.Does acupuncture cause bleeding 44.Is needling dangerous 45.What diseases can be cured by acupuncture 46.What are the contraindications of acupuncture 47.Is acupuncture effective for weight loss 48.Is acupuncture effective for delay of aging 49.Does acupuncture enhance facial beauty 50.Is acupuncture effective against tumors 51.Why can the auricular acupuncture treat diseases 52.What is the scalp acupuncture therapy 53.What is the abdominal acupuncture therapy 54.What is the electro-acupuncture therapy 55.What is the heated needle therapy 56.What is the bloodletting therapy 57.What is the moxibustion therapy 58.Is the moxibustion therapy safe 59.What is the cupping therapy 60.What do the cupping tools look like 61.What is guasha (gua sha, 刮痧) 62.What are the indications ofguasha 63.What is the medicated plaster therapy 64.What is the tuina-massage therapy 65.What is the difference between the child and adult tuina-massage 66.What is the difference between the child tuina-massage and Western baby touch 67.What is Chinese materia medica 68.What are the sources of Chinese materia medica 69.What is the origin of Chinese materia medica 70.Is there any difference between foods and Chinese herbal medicinals 71.What are Chinese ready-made herbal medicinals 72.How do Chinese herbal medicinals treat diseases 73.What are the four properties of Chinese medicinal herbs 74.What are the five flavors of Chinese medicinal herbs 75.Are Chinese herbal medicines toxic 76.What are the causes of poisoning by taking Chinese herbal medicines 77.Do Chinese herbal medicines have side effects 78.Can Chinese herbal medicines and Western drugs be given together 79.What is the difference between Chinese herbal medicines and Western drugs 80.What advantages do Chinese herbal medicines have in the treatment of disease 81.Are there any contraindications of Chinese herbal medicines 82.Is there any special food abstinence required when taking herbal medicines 83.How do you prepare a herbal decoction 84.Do Chinese herbal medicines for external application cause allergies 85.What is the difference between Chinese herbal medicines and acupuncture therapy 86.Does the pharmacological effect decrease when Chinese herbal medicines are stored for too long 87.Is it better to cook herbal medicines for a long time 88.What is health preservation in TCM 89.What is the principle of health preservation in TCM 90.What is the outcome of bad moods on the body 91.How do you preserve health with emotional factors in TCM 92.Why is a good mood considered to be the password to enjoy longevity 93.How does one adapt oneself to seasonal changes and keep healthy 94.What kind of life-style can ensure good health 95.What is healthy sleep 96.How do you preserve health by means of diet 97.How do you preserve health by means of exercise 98.Is it appropriate to do the Five Mimic-animal Frolics and tai chi chuan for preservation of health 99.Is it appropriate to preserve health by means of music, chess, calligraphy and painting 100.Is it appropriate to preserve health by means of acupuncture and moxibustion Appendix: Commonly-used Acupoints for health preservation