But it appears Yao is also looking to traditional Chinese medicine - a system that includes acupuncture and herbal remedies - to help speed his healing.

但似乎姚明也想使用传统中医来加快治疗进度，中医是一种使用包括针灸和草药的医学。

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Traditional Chinese medicine (includes herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage).

传统中药(包括中草药、针灸和按摩)。

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Western medicine uses chemical-based medicine and surgery for medication, while Chinese medicine use Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture.

西医多用化学合成药物或手术，中医多用天然药物或针灸疗法。

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Stephen Cowan is a aggressively self-promoting doctor, who claims on his website that he can treat both autism and ADHD with acupuncture and other forms of Chinese Medicine.

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Acupuncture and moxibustion are forms of traditional Chinese medicine widely practised in China and also found in regions of south-east Asia, Europe and the Americas.

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The first Chinese WRITTEN text on medicine dates to approximately 200 BCE but we know that the practice of acupuncture goes much farther back than that, potentially from 3-5, 000 BCE.

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