TCMBasics.com was previously known as the "Wyith TCM Pages by Dr. Raymond Cheng". The pages were first published in January 1995 as a special section under Wyith.com. In 2000 December, these pages were republished under this new Web site called www.TCMBasics.com. With this new Web site, TCMBasics.com has started to include information not only on TCM but also on ancient historical events, ideas on Chinese metaphysics, and other related topics that are crucial to the understanding of traditional Chinese medical knowledge, hence making TCMBasics.com one of the most unique Web sites in traditional Chinese philosophy and information.

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Since the launch of "Wyith R. Cheng's TCM Pages" in 1995, our work has been highly recommended as one of the most comprehensive sources of information for traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. The Journal of Chinese Medicine (United Kingdom) commented in its 1997 September issue, "Although this site is maintained by people who are not practitioners of Chinese Medicine, it's a very good and comprehensive site on all topics of Chinese Medicine. It contains extensive descriptions of the fundamental theories, but also some articles on antineoplastic herbal medicines and the immune system. Several beautiful colour illustrations are included. Quality: Very good site, especially for patients of Chinese Medicine (written by Wyith R. Cheng & Associates)."

"Wyith R. Cheng's TCM Pages" is also listed by a number of academic institutions and journals as one of the preferred sources or references of TCM information, including The Chinese University of Hong Kong's Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Research Centre for Modern Chinese Medicine (RCMCM), About.com's "Herbs for Health", US Pharmacist Monthly Journal, Natural Choice Chiropractic Clinic and DrugNetHK.

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WHAT IS TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE?
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With over 3000 years of experience, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has remain one of the many fascinating areas in ancient Chinese culture. First known to be documented in the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine, TCM is believed to have been practised in as early as 475 to 221 B.C. The field of working knowledge of TCM stretches from anything related to general healthcare practice to the philosophy of the mind, the logic of life, religion, and even to as far as cosmology and astronumerology. This is why in order to thoroughly understand the concepts behind TCM, one must be comprehensive in learning and embracing the Chinese culture as a whole.

Just as Douglas Hoff put it when he explained about accupuncture, "The systems of TCM uses the concepts of elements and meridians and are completely immersed in the Asian cosmology which takes shape through the religions." The meridian-brain mechanism, the fundamental working concept of acupuncture, in which the pain block from the message that the needle or burning cone of herbs gives to the point of stimulus, was only found centuries later by the West through science and technology.

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR – OCTOBER 2012

Raymond Cheng, PhD DPA Thank you for visiting this TCM and acupuncture information website. If you have previously been to this website, you might have noticed that some of the pages on ancient historical ideas and holistic thinkings related to Chinese metaphysics are temporarily taken offline. This is because I have recently started to revamp the whole website so as to reflect a more current perspective on the interpretation of some of the fundamental concepts as well as to include some of the latest information in the area. But if you have just found this website for the very first time, I welcome you again and wish you could find what you require and, hopefully, you could also be benefitted from reading the articles I published on this website.

Please be patient and do come and check out this website frequently as it's being revamped.

Raymond Cheng, PhD DPA

October 24, 2012.

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