The most common Chinese terms

To Europeans, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is somewhat “other worldly”. We may find TCM concepts unnatural or difficult to imagine. In its essence, however, Chinese medicine is always simple and logical. It always strives to understand the causes and consequences of the ilness – based on day-to-day situations in life or in nature.

In Chinese medicine we can compare the human body to the car engine. The different chinese elements represent different parts, for example JIN (oil in the car), JANG (motor in the car) or QI energy (speed and power of the motor) etc…