Traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM ) (: " Chinese medicine ") is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2, 000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage ( Tui na ), exercise ( qigong ), and dietary therapy.

Gardnerian Wicca and other forms of British Traditional Wicca operate as an initiatory mystery cult ; membership is gained only through initiation by a Wiccan High Priestess or High Priest.

Traditional Chinese Medicine that is based on the use of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage and other forms of therapy has been practiced in China for thousands of years.

Traditional karate kata bear a strong resemblance to the forms found in Fujian martial arts such as Fujian White Crane, Five Ancestors, and Gangrou-quan ( Hard Soft Fist ; pronounced " Gōjūken " in Japanese ).

Various forms of Wicca have since evolved or been adapted from Gardner's British Traditional Wicca or Gardnerian Wicca such as Alexandrian Wicca.

* Traditional forms of English, in which words like man and he applied to both genders, are falling out of everyday use and are likely to be misinterpreted, especially by younger readers.

Likewise, these Traditional Catholic religious observances may further be understood from Cultural Catholicism in Cajun-Creole Louisiana by Marcia Gaudet which tells us that such traditional religious observances, although they may not be " strictly theological and liturgical forms ", are still integral and necessary to many and remain religiously valid as " unofficial religious customs and traditions are certainly a part of Roman Catholicism as it is practiced ".

In forms of British Traditional Wicca, which include Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca and Algard Wicca, the Book of Shadows used by adherents is based upon that written by Gardner and Valiente.

Traditional paintings and sculptures are a minority compared to installations and electronic forms.

Traditional forms of physical mortification are the cilice and hair-shirts.

Traditional Jewish law and practice has included various forms of tithing since ancient times.

Traditional forms of address at German-speaking universities:

Traditional forms of address at Dutch-speaking universities:

Traditional forms of address at Italian-speaking universities:

Traditional focus groups can provide accurate information, and are less expensive than other forms of traditional marketing research.

Traditional Lao music can be divided into classical and folk forms.

Traditional forms still include prayers, while corporal punishments such as the wearing of a cilice and public humiliations have become rare, even in monastic practice.

Traditional forms of Chinese poetry are rhymed, however the mere rhyming of text may not qualify literature as being poetry ; and, as well, the lack of rhyme would not necessarily disqualify a modern work from being considered poetry, in the sense of modern Chinese poetry.

Traditional Jewish forms of exegesis appear throughout rabbinic literature, which includes the Mishnah, the two Talmuds, and the midrash literature.

Traditional topiary forms use foliage pruned and / or trained into geometric shapes such as balls or cubes, obelisks, pyramids, cones, or tapering spirals.

Traditional view of the Hercules constellation highlighting the Quadrilateral | quadrangle which forms the Keystone asterism.

Many other forms of music have been expertly combined with English ceilidh music including ; ska from the band Whapweasel ; Traditional Jazz from the bands Chalktown and Florida ; Funk Fusion from Ceilidhography, Climax Ceilidh Band and Licence to Ceilidh, Rock from the bands Peeping Tom, Aardvark Ceilidh Band, Touchstone and Tickled Pink ; West African and Indian influenced music from the band Boka Halattraditional ; traditional French music from the band Token Women and traditional Welsh music from Twm Twp.

Traditional forms flourished once again, and many new kinds of literature and cultural expression were introduced from abroad.

Traditional internal teachers say that just training solo forms isn't enough to learn a martial art ; that without the pushing hands, reflex and sensitivity to another's movements and intent are lost.

Traditional arts of the Aleuts include hunting, weapon-making, building of baidarkas ( special hunting boats ), weaving, figurine making, clothing, carving, and mask making.

Traditional unemployed native societies who survive by gathering, hunting, herding, and farming in wilderness areas, may or may not be counted in unemployment statitics.

Traditional hunting has great cultural significance throughout its range.

Traditional Noongar made a living by hunting and trapping a variety of game, including kangaroos, possums and wallabies ; by fishing using spears and fish traps ; as well as by gathering an extensive range of edible wild plants, including wattle seeds.

Traditional manmade threats to macaques have been slash-and-burn agriculture, use of forest woods for construction and fuel, and hunting.

* Traditional attire in fox hunting

Traditional hunting and trapping activities continue through the winter months after the fishing season has ended.

Traditional hunt meets were frequently held on the green ; hunting in the area is now run within the bounds of the current legislation.

Traditional Inuit hunting activities still dominate the region's life, along with expensive adventure tourism.

Traditional Inuit seal hunting accounts for three percent of the total hunt ; it is excluded from the European Commission's call in 2006 for a ban on the import, export and sale of all harp and hooded seal products.

Traditional hunting areas border the loch.

Traditional knots in Korea ( Maedup, 매듭 ) has been used for various purposes like hunting tools, decoration, clothes and so on throughout Korean history.

Traditional dependence on the French defense capability, although reduced, continues to be the case as French military advisers remain closely involved in preparing the Cameroonian forces for deployment to the contested Bakassi Peninsula.

Traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM ) is based on Yinyangism ( i. e., the combination of Five Phases theory with Yin-yang theory ), which was later absorbed by Daoism.

Traditional analysis involves sorting ceramic artifacts, sherds and larger fragments into specific types based on style, composition, manufacturing and morphology.

Traditional Chinese cuisine is also based on opposites, whereby hot balances cold, pickled balances fresh and spicy balances mild.

Traditional crib ( szopka ) at the Main Market Square, Kraków during szopka tournament on first Thursday of each December

Traditional Chinese calendars, clocks, and compasses are based on the twelve Earthly Branches.

Traditional accounts of the author's life are found in many commentaries and include details such as these: He was born on Salamis Island around 484 BC, the son of Mnesarchus, a retailer who lived in a village near Athens.

Traditional myth, with its exotic settings, heroic adventures and epic battles, offered potential for romantic melodrama as well as for political comments on a war theme, so that his plays are an extraordinary mix of elements.

Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a Kazakhstan | Kazakh rug, contemporary.

Traditional grass pitches are far less common in modern field hockey with most field hockey being played on synthetic surfaces.

The term was adopted at the third conference of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and in 1991 the WHO recommended its use to the United Nations.

In 1979 the American feminist writer Fran Hosken ( 1920 – 2006 ) presented research about it — The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females — to the first Seminar on Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, sponsored by the WHO.

Traditional tuner layout is " 3 + 3 " in which each side of the headstock has three tuners ( such as on Gibson Les Pauls ).

* Traditional haiku consist of 17 on ( also known as morae ), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively.

Traditional haiku consist of 17 on, in three phrases of five, seven and five on respectively.

A student-led organization, Increasing Harvey Mudd's Traditional Practices ( IHTP ), works to revive college traditions that have slowly faded over the years, and also starts new traditions that the group hopes to see take root on campus.

Traditional signpost with directions to civilization on Jan Mayen station

Traditional Christian thought on the subject points to St. John the Apostle as the author of the Gospel, the three Epistles and the Book of Revelation that bear his name, and there is some internal textual evidence to suggest they may have been authored by the same person ( see textual criticism ).

Traditional karate places emphasis on self-development ( budō ).