Historically, eight branches comprised Chinese medicine treatment:

• Tui na (推拿) - massage therapy
• Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸)
• Chinese herbal medicine(中药)
• Chinese food therapy (食疗)
• Qigong (气功) and related breathing and meditation exercise
• Tai Chi Quan (太极拳) and other Chinese martial arts
• Feng shui (风水)
• Chinese astrology(dubious assertion—see talk page)

Modern TCM treatments consist of herbal medicine or acupuncture as the primary method, with other methods such as massage, qi gong, or food therapy playing a secondary role.