Why should Chinese medicine have a scientific basis? Reading Comprehension and Answers

Why should Chinese medicine have a scientific basis? Tian SongIn our popular context, something "scientific" is equivalent to something "correct," "brilliant," "effective" and "proven. " and "proven". According to this understanding, Chinese medicine should have a scientific basis, which is equivalent to saying that Chinese medicine should have a correct, brilliant and effective basis that has been proven. Is there a scientific basis for Chinese medicine? The reason for this question is simply the theory of Chinese medicine and anatomy from the West, physiology can not be docked, such as Chinese medicine meridians so far can not find anatomical basis, many of the active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine so far can not write the molecular formula of traditional Chinese medicine pharmacology can not be used from the Western pharmacology to be interpreted ...... The implication is that: Chinese medicine does not have a scientific basis for Western medicine! The implication is that Chinese medicine does not have the scientific basis of Western medicine! But why should Chinese medicine have the scientific basis of Western medicine? Why must there be a "scientific basis" when we judge whether something is reasonable or not? Is scientific basis the only basis? Do we have other "bases" besides scientific bases? For example, "empirical basis" or "historical basis"? To what extent do people rely on science for their survival? In fact, in most of our daily lives, the importance of science is very small. You don't need to know science to be a "fair lady"; your ability to ride a bicycle doesn't depend on whether or not you've learned Newtonian mechanics; the Chinese artisan Li Chun could have built the Zhaozhou Bridge without learning science. It is technology that plays a direct role in our lives, and technology does not need to be preceded by science, but can be developed and perfected by experience. The human body is an organism that reacts to stimuli, and a normal human being, in the course of his growth, gradually acquires sufficient ability to respond appropriately to external stimuli. Whether a person is malicious or not, we can know at a glance or on reflection, and we can make a judgment on the basis of our "empirical basis" without any theoretical basis, including science, which is often impotent in these matters. The most direct basis for judgment is the empirical basis, and the historical basis can be seen as the collective empirical basis over a long period of time. Undoubtedly, this basis is closely related to national traditions and regional cultures. For example, from the most intuitive imagination and default configuration of slash-and-burn farming, we feel that it will destroy the environment and is a backward mode of production. Therefore, in the long run, the place where the people who practiced slash-and-burn farming lived should have been left with barren mountains and bald hills. However, what anthropologists actually see is "slash-and-burn farming on one side and evergreen mountains on the other". In other words, there is no "historical basis" for the claim that "slash-and-burn farming destroys the environment". The same applies to Chinese medicine. Considered within the context of Chinese civilization, Chinese medicine has been tested to be correct, brilliant, effective and proven, both in theory and in practice. Theoretically, TCM has its own complete system of thought with sufficient growth capacity, which in a sense is incompatible with the reductionist, mechanistic, and deterministic "scientific method" on which modern Western medicine is currently based. In practice, Chinese medicine has more than 2,000 years of historical and empirical basis, and these theoretical and practical bases have been perfected and matured long before the birth of Western modern science. Why do we have to wait for the emergence of Western medicine, and after obtaining the evidence of Western medicine, before Chinese medicine can gain value, meaning, and the right to exist? On the contrary, according to Lewis Thomas, modern Western medicine, as a young science, is only one hundred years old. In other words, although modern Western medicine has a scientific basis, it does not have a sufficient historical basis. Tetracycline, for example, is believed to have been clinically tested and scientifically proven when it was introduced to the market, but ten years later it was found that children who were lucky enough to enjoy this scientific product as children developed a mouthful of tetracycline teeth. And then there is the famous "reaction stop", which caused tens of thousands of deformed babies after only a few years of work. Of course, the defenders of science will say that the tragedy of "Reactivation" is precisely because it was marketed without a "sound scientific basis". If we take "adequate" to mean a sufficient length of time, then what kind of medical technology is more adequate than the 2 000 years of Chinese medicine? Having said that, I have already obtained two bizarre conclusions: if we understand science in a broad sense, Chinese medicine already has a scientific basis; if we understand science in a narrow and specific sense, Chinese medicine does not need a scientific basis! (From "Social Scientist Tea House", Issue 1, 2006, with deletions) Note ① Lewis Thomas (1913--1993) is an outstanding medical scientist in the United States. 1. According to the meaning of the text, the following statements are incorrect in the following two items ( ) A. What plays a direct role in life is more of a technology that is constantly developed and perfected by the accumulation of experience, and it is not a science. 2. In real life, people do not necessarily have to rely on the relevant science to do a certain job or perform a certain task or to do a certain work. 3. C. Chinese medicine has a history of more than 2,000 years and Western medicine has a history of only 100 years, due to the huge gap in history and become a fire and water. D. Subject to the influence of national traditions and regional cultures, Chinese medicine does not need to adopt the scientific methods of the current Western modern medicine. E. Collective experience in the long term in the use of the formation of the historical basis is sufficient to justify the existence of Chinese medicine. F. The "reaction stop" is the most effective way to improve the quality of life of the people in the world. F. The fact that "Reaction Stop" has caused tens of thousands of deformed babies shows that the historical basis of this western medicine is still insufficient. 2. The author believes that "scientific basis" is not necessary to judge whether something is reasonable or not. According to the author, the following facts use the "scientific basis" of a ( ) A. Li Chun built the Zhaozhou Bridge B. The invention of the Western drug tetracycline C. Judging whether a person is malicious D. Slash-and-burn cultivation does not destroy the environment 3. The underlined sentence "Chinese medicine is also like this. What does the word "so" in the underlined sentence "Chinese medicine is also like this" mean? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4．Why does the author say both "Chinese medicine has a scientific basis" and "Chinese medicine does not need a scientific basis"? Please give a brief explanation. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________