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Abstract
The Concept of 8 TCM Therapeutic Methods
Bhasakit Wannawibool
College of Oriental Medicine, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani 12000, Thailand.
Corresponding author: doctor_bhasakit@hotmail.com
An effective treatment requires many different methods, depending on the clinical and phy-
sical conditions of the patient. The objective of this article was to collect the concepts of eight
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapeutic methods and their clinical applications. These
methods were basically developed from the therapeutic methods that were originally recorded in
the Huang Ti Nei Jing scripture (Shu Wen part) over 2,400 years ago and had been constantly
evolving until the Qing Dynasty. During that period, Cheng Zhong Ling collected clinical ex-
periences of former TCM doctors, and then got them published as the eight basic therapeutic
methods in the book “Medical Revelations” (Yi Xue Xin Wu). The “Eight Methods in Therapy”
were based on the holistic approach for diagnosis and treatment in the TCM theory, so-called
Pian Joeng Lun Jue. And then the treatment for each individual patient is based on the analysis of
symptoms and illness conditions (known as syndrome differentiation and treatment), and the use
of appropriate remedy as well as proper herbal drugs according to the real situation to harmo-
nize the body balance. The “Eight Methods in Therapy” are categorized according to their thera-
peutic actions, namely diaphoretic therapy, purgative therapy, regulating therapy, warming
therapy, heat-clearing therapy, nourishing therapy, resolving therapy, and vomiting therapy.
Currently, many treatments given by the practitioners are often inclined to choose one side of
therapeutic methods for patients, which would be harmful for health in the long run. This review
article should be used as guidelines for a comparative treatment study and for choosing appro-
priate application in clinical practice.
Keywords: eight therapeutic methods, traditional Chinese medicine