What is Chinese Medicine?   Though the first written records to reference Chinese medicine date back to approximately 4,500 years ago, traditional Chinese medicine's 'system' of treatment is attributed to "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic (Huang Di Nei Jing)," written in about 200-300 BCE.  As the years passed, different practicing schools formed, Five Element Theory and the modern development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to name a few.  Despite their different theories, most all Chinese medicine practices make use of the same tools: Acupuncture External therapies e.g. moxibustion, gua sha, cupping Herbal medicines e.g. internal, external Manual manipulation e.g. massage Energy work e.g. qi gong, taiji chuan Chinese medicine is a holistic practice, in which all parts of the mind, body and spirit are valued equally.  As such, dis-ease is considered not just an objective ailment (e.g. one "having" a cold) but a subjective imbalance rooted in the emotions, the organs, the spirit, etc.. Each person, unique in their experience and therefore unique in their imbalance, is thus treated accordingly.