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medicine. TCM is based on the diagnosis
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medicine (TCM) of balance (Yin and Yang). It invokes differentia
the concept of five basic elements in clinical si
understanding health: wood, fire, medicine
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to be in constant flux. The five individual
elements theory is used to interpret health, res
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