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What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been evolving for over 3000 years. Like Western medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine has a sophisticated and internally logical methodology which allows the process of diagnosis and treatment to be applied systematically.

Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments will vary according to the state of the individual patient, although there are broad based herbal formulae for general complaints.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Drug Abuse or Substance Misuse Treatment

In the field of substance misuse or drug abuse, Traditional Chinese Medicine is most associated with the treatment of chronic liver conditions, in particular the treatment of those with hepatitis C.

There has been little research into the efficacy of combining Traditional Chinese Medicine with mainstream medicine. The medical profession seems generally resistant to this avenue of approach and appears to be reluctant to conduct clinical trials. This may be partly due to the cost and the fact that herbalists are not in a financial position to underwrite such trials in the same way that drug companies do for medicines. However there are some encouraging signs: doctors at two central London hospitals are now trying to set up trials into standardised adjunct Chinese Herbal Therapy for patients taking interferon and interferon plus ribavirin.

Traditional Chinese Medicine can also be used to treat many other residual health problems associated with long term drug abuse or substance misuse as well as providing herbal remedies for detox, and cessation of cravings.

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