Chinese Medicine: A Holistic Paradigm (Episode 20)

Josh & Terry Summers

English - October 16, 2017 10:00 - 17 minutes - 27.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 127 ratings
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A holistic approach to medicine will formulate a diagnosis of a patient's condition by taking into consideration the complex dynamic of everything going on internally with that patient, as well as external influences of interpersonal relationship, work, and climate. Whereas a more conventional approach to medicine will try to identify a singular causative factor that generates illness and which needs to be eliminated or suppressed.
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In this episode, I introduce a new series on Traditional Chinese Medicine, and begin by talking about how Traditional Chinese Medicine is a kind of holistic Medicine. I compare the intentions of Holistic Medicine to those of Conventional Western Medicine, and caution about applying Chinese Medicine reductively.

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