MEDICAL CONDITIONS TREATED BY TCM

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a full medical system in its own right and, as such, can be used to treat all types of medical condition. Treatment effectiveness will depend upon a number of factors including, for example, the type of illness, its severity, chronicity and so on.

Wholly understandably, TCM does not use Western labels to describe the ailments that it treats. Instead it treats according to TCM principles and uses Chinese Medical terminology to describe the conditions treated, following a full Chinese Medical diagnosis. However, quite naturally, clients frequently present to the Acupuncture TCM Clinic with disorders which they themselves describe using Western medical names.

Western named conditions commonly seen in the TCM clinic

Some, but by no means all, of the most commonly seen complaints in the TCM clinic, as described by the clients themselves, include:

Infections

Bronchitis	Children's Infections	Common cold
Coughs	Flu	Pneumonia
Viral-infections

General

Angina	Anorexia	Anxiety
Allergies	Arterial Disease	Arthritis
Asthma	Back pain	Bladder problems
Bleeding gums	Boils	Bulimia
Cardio Vascular Syndrome	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Catarrh
Chemo-therapy side-effects	Cramps	Colitis
Constipation	Dental problems	Depression
Dizziness	Ear-ache	Eczema
Emotional problems	Facial paralysis	Fainting
Fatigue	Fever	Frozen shoulder
Gallstones	Gastric problems	Glandular problems
Grief	Haemorrhoids	Hayfever
Headaches	Heart problems	High blood pressure
Hyperactivity	Hyperventilation	Hysteria
Incontinence	Indigestion	Inflammation
Insomnia	Irritability	Irritable bowel syndrome
Jaundice	Jogger's injuries	Joint problems
Kidney problems	Liver complaints	Loss of libido
Low blood pressure	Lumbago	Lung Illness
M.E.	Mental problems	Migraine
Motion sickness	Mouth ulcers	M.S.
Nausea	Neck problems	Nervous disorders
Nose bleeds	Oedema/Fluid Retention	Panic Attacks
Palpitations	Phobias	Psoriasis
Radiation side-effects	Rashes	Respiratory problems
Rheumatism	Schizophrenia	Sciatica
Shock	Shoulder problems	Sinusitis
Skin problems	Slipped disc	Sore throat
Speech disorders	Stiffness	Stomach complaints
Stress	Stroke	Tennis Elbow
Thyroid problems	Tinnitus	Tumours
Ulcers	Urinary problems	Voice loss
Vomiting	Vertigo	Warts
Worms

Female problems

Absence of periods	Anaemia	Breast problems
Cystitis	Discharges	Fibroids
Fluid retention	Frigidity	Habitual miscarriage
Hot flushes	Infertility	Irregular periods
Lactation problems	Mastitis	Menopausal problems
Morning sickness	Painful periods	Pregnancy problems
Prolapse	Thrush	Vaginal infections