Acupuncture as a Method of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

          Chinese state is a country known for its treatment, China continued to maintain and preserve the legacy of China's treatment of the era about 5000 years ago, one of the methods of traditional Chinese medicine is acupuncture, acupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by inserting a thin needle to the skin at the body, according to the type of disease suffered by the patient.

            Acupuncture needles are usually made of stainless steel wire, usually disposable, needle length varies between 13-130 millimeter, short needle is used near the face such as eyes, a long needle in the area being more fleshy, needle diameter varying from 0.16 to 0.46 millimeters . In addition to regular filiform needles, there are also other types of needles that can be utilized, such as three-eyed needle and Nine Ancient Needles. Japanese acupuncturists Using a very thin needle is used shallow, sometimes without penetrating the skin, dandikelilingi by guide tubes (a technique adopted in China and the West). Korean acupuncture using needles of copper and has a greater focus on hand.          Body functions regulated by the flow of energy called Qi entities, acupuncture aims to improve the balance in the flow of Qi by stimulation of anatomical locations on or under the skin called acupuncture points. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is not only to distinguish one type but several Qi, Qi in the general sense is something that is defined by the five "cardinal functions" namely:1. -Actuation of all the physical processes in the body especially the circulation of all body fluids such as blood in the veins.2. Warming-body found on the legs.3. Defense against pathogenic factors exogenous.4. -Containment of body fluids, namely keeping the blood, sweat, urine, etc. excessive emissions.5. Transformation-transformation of food, drink, and breathe into Qi, Xue (blood), and Jinye (liquid).            The origins of acupuncture are unclear, many versions of the story is not yet known kebenaranya, but the initial text to describe a Chinese medical acupuncture is Huangdi Neijing, yellow emperor's classic of internal medicine legendary compiled around 305-004 BC.The practice of acupuncture expanded into areas that are now part japan, korea, taiwan.The users of acupuncture treatment methods believe that acupuncture can improve health, reduce pain, and prevent disease. Acupuncture should be administered by trained practitioners using sterile needles, because not everyone can apply the right method of acupuncture is, when one of the applicability can be fatal even to death.         In modern medicine, a form dokoter examine the tongue, pupils, bad breath, and breathing quality voices, different from the TCM and the concept of disease, they do not distinguish between cause and effect, in theory anyway, penyeban endogenous, exogenous etc. The disease is recognized. Acupuncturist decides which points to treat by observing and questioning the patient to make a diagnosis according to the tradition which he utilized. In TCM there are four methods in diagnostics: inspection, auscultation, smelling, questioning, and palpation. Examination focuses on the face and especially on the tongue, including analysis of the size, shape of the tongue, color tensions, and the absence or tooth marks around the edges.