The Spiritual Health

Even today if you fall ill or suffer from various ailments, the first suggestion that you will get from your parents or the elders of the family will be to follow the simple ancient remedies like herbs, acupressure acupuncture etc. instead of trying the other conventional methods like allopathic medicines etc.

Every country has its own and unique ancient methods of treatments for the various ailments and diseases. In comparison to the other countries, China is known for its various ancient conventional treatment techniques. The traditional Chinese medicines of china have a long history which has been traced as back as 2000 to 3000 years ago. The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formed a very exceptional system to not just diagnose the disease or the illness but also cure them completely. The TCM is a technique that is very different from the general western medicines.

The diagnosis of the illness and diseases in TCM is mainly dependent on the complete understanding of the physical and mental aspects of the universe as described in Daoism. The treatment of this diagnosed ailment or disease is further dependent upon the diagnosis and the discrimination of the disease. Based on TCM, the zang-fu organs of the body are treated as the core organs of the body.  According to the TCM, in our body all the tissues and the organs are interconnected with each other through a network of blood vessels and other channels. It was believed that “chi” the energy in our body flows throughout the system and acts like a carrier carrying information which are expressed later externally on the body surface through the jingluo system. They believed that any dysfunction in the core organs of our body will be seen directly on the surface of the body due to the network of the various blood vessels and channels. The dysfunction caused due to the disease will simultaneously spread through the rest of the vessels and also affect all the related core organs. The final treatment of the disease diagnosed based on the symptoms arising on the body surface starts with the entire system analysis and then later focuses mainly on the appropriate methods to correct the pathological action by readjusting the functions of the core organs.

The proper evaluation of the disease or the illness by TCM, includes all the basic information of the ailment, such as the cause, location, its mechanism, nature of the illness, and the reaction between the pathogen and the body’s resistance power. The TCM provides treatment not just based on the symptoms but also on the various syndromes. Hence it is able to treat different people suffering form the same disease differently.

According to the TCM, the diagnosis and the treatment of any disease is completely dependent on the theories of yin-yang and the five elements. These theories themselves are very strong and follow the laws of nature along with the physiological and pathological activities occurring in the human body during the disease or the ailment.

TCM includes the various therapies like the acupuncture, herbal medicines and the qigong exercises.

Acupuncture: The therapy is performed by invigorating only some parts of our external body.

Herbal medicines: these act especially on the core organs of our body.

Qigong exercises: the Qigong exercises restore the proper flow of information in our body in the form of energy or Qi.

Often, these therapeutic methods are termed as the Information Therapy due to its mode of diagnosis and treatment.

Do you know why many people across the world drink herbal tea? Do you know, why it is said that ginger is good for your cough?

Herbs are some of the most important plants that are cultivated by many people throughout the world. They are simple plants with various medicinal values that are used to treat various types of illness and diseases. Herbs have values that are yet undiscovered by the scientists and the researchers. From some of these herbal plants, many chemicals have been extracted that are further used to create various allopathic medicines. One of the most common example is that of quinine, a medicine used to treat malaria which was extracted from a tree. The chemical structure of the chemical extract was copied and a synthetic copy was used to create the medicine. There are many such medicines that have been created from various similar plants.

The use of plants as medicines for the various ailments started many thousand years ago. In the earlier prehistoric times, medicinal plants were the only source to treat various diseases when the other types of medicines like the allopathic, homeopathic medicines etc. were not yet discovered. Since those times, the use of plants for treating various ailments is being practiced all across the world. Today, the two countries China and India are the most famous countries that follow the use of herbal plants and also are the largest producers of herbal plants all around the world. Growing the herbal plants is no longer restricted to the herbalists. Instead throughout these two countries, there are vast numbers of farmers who specially cultivate herbs for their various medicinal values. As there are very few countries that follow the use of herbs and also cultivate herbs, the necessity to grow them is very high based on its requirements in the various countries. Thus, there are various people who just cultivate herbs in their farms.

Farming herbs is very easy and just requires very little requirements such as a small part of land with proper spacing between the plants and sunlight. Some of the herbs that are cultivated are partially considered as cash crops with very less risk involved with them and are tax free which when sold turn out to be very profiting. Today, there are also numerous herbs that are used in the creation of various types of medicines, cosmetic products like the creams, lotions, shampoos etc. Thus, the demand of herbs has also increased to a great extent. Another reason why the cultivation of herbs is today considered as growing gold is that the use of herbs and other herbal products amongst the people has increased to a great extent and so with the increase in this number of users, the need to grow the herbs has also increased to a great extent.

As a result of the high returns obtained from the medicinal herbs, they are believed to turn a simple soil into gold. Also, these herbs have life saving qualities and so they are no less than gold.