TCM assists FISU World University Games in Chengdu

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Editor's note: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) enters the medical security system of the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games. To better provide medical services during the Games, TCM experts from Sichuan province have gathered at the FISU Games Village and geared up to serve athletes in the ongoing Games. This photo story shares with you some TCM knowledge.

Four Diagnostic Methods are four basic methods of diagnosing diseases summed up by Bian Que, a famous doctor during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) in ancient China, namely inspection, listening and smelling, inquiring and palpation. They were called "diagnosis methods" in ancient China. Its basic principles are based on the holistic concept and the concept of perpetual motion in TCM. The methods represent the practice of basic TCM theories such as Yin-yang and Five Elements Theory (yin-yang wu-xing), Visceral Manifestation and Meridians (zangxiang jingluo), and etiology and pathogenesis, and is a treasure of traditional Chinese medicine culture. [photo provided to China.org.cn]