Comparison of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

* Different medical theoretical systems. Medical systems in the world can be roughly divided into: "Anthropomorphic medical system" (theology): It is believed that the occurrence of diseases is caused by the power of supernatural beings (spirits), such as Satan, ghosts, gods, etc., witches and

Medicine, maidens, charms, etc. fall into this category.

"Naturalistic medical system" (empirical medicine): It is believed that the occurrence of diseases is caused by changes in the natural environment or abnormal people's lifestyles, such as climate changes, eating habits, people's emotional changes, etc.

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, etc. fall into this category.

"Scientific medical system" (experimental design): Medicine that establishes hypotheses, experimental design, and uses deduction, induction and other methods to present results, or uses scientific instrument detection, is the mainstream of modern medicine, such as Western medicine.

The former two are classified as traditional medicine or alternative medicine, while the latter belongs to the mainstream of modern medicine.

* The way of thinking in diagnosing diseases is different: Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on "syndrome differentiation" in treating diseases, distinguishing main syndromes and concurrent syndromes, which is different from the way Western medicine focuses on "disease" in diagnosis.

Taking a cold as an example, Western medicine doctors will distinguish whether it is a viral or bacterial infection, and whether it is an upper respiratory tract infection or combined with pneumonia; but these diagnoses are not the most important to Chinese medicine practitioners.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, what needs to be distinguished is whether it is wind-cold or wind-heat; if it is wind-cold, it is Taiyang disease, Yangming disease or Shaoyang disease; if it is wind-heat, it is determined which part of the Wei Qi and blood system the disease is located in.

stages etc.

* The thinking and methods of treatment are different: Traditional Chinese medicine mainly uses herbal medicine, acupuncture, to adjust human body functions and enhance people's own disease resistance to eliminate diseases and restore health. That is, "righteousness is retained and evil cannot be eliminated." Generally speaking, for treatment

The effect is better for stubborn diseases, chronic diseases, and diseases with unknown causes, but it has no advantage for surgery and serious diseases that deteriorate rapidly.

Western medicine mainly determines the condition of the disease through medical instruments and chemical tests, and then uses chemical agents and advanced medical equipment to kill the source of the disease or inhibit the treatment route and cure the disease. This is called allopathic therapy. It has obvious effects on trauma, acute diseases, and diseases with known causes.

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Modern Chinese medicine theory puts forward the theory of integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and uses modern high-tech to detect and cure diseases. The use of traditional Chinese medicine methods to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the source has obvious effects.