title: New Development in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Symbolism-Digit Therapy as a Special Naturopathic Treatment.
abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) grew out of traditional Chinese culture. For example, the eight-diagram symbol is composed of the Yang and the Yin. According to oriental philosophy, everything in the universe has a two-sided property, namely an image (or symbol) and a number (or digit). This paper introduces the new concept and historical background of symbolism-digit therapy (SDT), which is a natural therapy for the treatment of various kinds of diseases. SDT is of TCM heritage, which can be traced back to the ancient publications such as Yi Jing, and this heritage has been incorporated into modern development and practices. The successful treatments using SDT presented in this paper use formulas and/or prescriptions in accordance with TCM. All materials presented in this paper come from first-hand clinical observations, which are supported by TCM theories. Effects of SDT treatments are straightforward and worthy of broader and deeper investigation. SDT and other relevant therapies motivate the further exploration of the essence of TCM to improve the understanding of TCM principles.
authors: * The Shanyu Naturopathic Institute, Qingdao, China.
authors: Shanyu
authors: S
authors: Li
authors: † Canadian Institute of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Edmonton, Canada.
authors: Stevenson
authors: S
authors: Xutian
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D009324:Naturopathy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D019413:Qi; D013561:Symbolism
keywords: Imagery Analogism; Qi Field; Review; Symbolism Digit Therapy; Traditional Chinese Medicine