In modern society, the burdening stress of daily life and degradation of the natural environment have led to higher incidences of many diseases that are not readily curable through Western medicine alone. Oriental medicine doesn't limit a disease to simply one specific area within the body. Rather, such studies consider a disease to be the result of a physiological discord or yin-yang imbalance in the human body. Oriental medicine is also used for treating mental health. It applies different therapies to the same symptoms depending on one's physical constitution. Therefore, Oriental medicine can treat many diseases that are not curable by Western medicine. Another theory shared by experts of Oriental medicine is that a disease can be prevented by diagnosing both one's physical constitution and examining one's pulse. |