What's the difference between Chinese medicine and western medicine?

Traditional Chinese medicine mainly explores the etiology through four diagnostic methods: looking, listening, asking and inquiring.

Western medicine mainly obtains the cause of disease through medical equipment and laboratories.

2. Prescribed different medicines

Traditional Chinese medicine mainly prescribes medicine, decocts in water, or treats with acupuncture.

Western medicine prescribes pills or oral preparations. Western medicine refers to organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals and biological products.

3. Different origins

Chinese medicine was born in primitive society, and the theory of Chinese medicine was basically formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was summarized and developed in past dynasties. In addition, it has a far-reaching influence on the countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, such as Japanese traditional Chinese medicine, Korean medicine, Korean medicine and Vietnamese oriental medicine, all of which are developed on the basis of Chinese medicine.

Western medicine originated from western countries in modern times. It is a brand-new medical system developed by modern western scholars after denying and abandoning ancient Greek medicine, based on anatomical physiology, histology and embryology, biochemistry and molecular biology.

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