At present, many people tend to oppose their cognition of Chinese medicine, and they often hold their own opinions, and often cause disputes on topics related to Chinese medicine——
As a treasure of Chinese civilization, Chinese medicine has made important contributions to the prosperous and prosperous Chinese nation. In recent years, with the improvement of people's health awareness, traditional Chinese medicine has been more widely accepted. However, many people tend to oppose their cognition of Chinese medicine, and often hold their own opinions, and often cause disputes on topics related to Chinese medicine. The tendency of "Chinese medicine powder" or "Chinese medicine black" is not conducive to the healthy development of Chinese medicine and better serving the people's health. So, what are the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine? How to view the advantages of Chinese medicine more comprehensively, scientifically and objectively? We invite relevant experts to discuss.
1. Is Chinese medicine just a "placebo"?
In the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the unique efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in reducing the rate of turning serious and shortening the time of nucleic acid turning negative is known to the public. The successful cases of Chinese medicine in the rescue of critical cases have refreshed that traditional Chinese medicine is a "slow doctor". , Only applies to the understanding of chronic disease prevention and control. However, there are still some "traditional Chinese medicine blacks" who believe that Chinese medicine is not a science, and the curative effect of Chinese medicine is equivalent to the "placebo" effect. How to treat Chinese medicine rationally?
Wang Wei (the first Qihuang Scholar, President of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine): The prophylactic
treatment system based on the TCM constitution theory has been incorporated into the national public health service system, and a number of precursor treatment centers have been established, forming a series of physique differentiation and conditioning Standards, equipment and health products play an important role in preventive health care and the prevention and control of major disease risk factors.
"The righteous qi is inside, and the evil cannot be dried." Traditional Chinese medicine has effectively played a role in disease prevention by regulating its own body functions.
For example, through the intervention of risk factors such as prehypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, and overweight, significant results have been achieved in reducing the incidence of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
In addition, in some dysfunction-based diseases (especially diseases related to abnormal immune regulation) or diseases related to emotional stress, Chinese medicine has outstanding advantages, and its application alone can show sufficient curative effect. Chinese medicine is effective in such diseases. Plays a major role in the prevention and treatment of the disease.
For diseases such as depression, functional dyspepsia, stress urinary incontinence, allergic rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and other diseases, rational application of Chinese medicine can reduce recurrence and prevent or delay disease progression.
In addition, Chinese medicine has unique advantages in improving some refractory symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients.
Modern medicine has not been included in the scope of treatment or lack of effective treatment drugs for the symptoms that are accompanied or leftover by the disease, or for unexplained physical discomfort.
Although some symptoms did not cause great harm, they also contributed to the patient's quality of life.
For example, long-term dry cough caused by a cold, the intervention effect of traditional Chinese medicine is significant.
Chen Kaixian (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, former President of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine):
From the perspective of the long-term goal of establishing a unified new medicine of Chinese and Western medicine, the current integration of Chinese and Western medicine is still in its infancy, facing many challenges and problems, and long-term efforts are needed.
Chronic non-communicable diseases are serious challenges faced by contemporary medicine, such as tumors, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and immune diseases. These diseases are often unclear as a single pathogen, and can be called It is a complex disease caused by multiple factors and is closely related to human genetics, living habits, diet and exercise.
Single-path therapy for a single target is often difficult to overcome complex diseases caused by multiple factors.
In this case, the holistic, multi-target, and multi-channel treatment of traditional Chinese medicine has shown important value.
Yu Shuguang (President of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, academic leader of national key disciplines of Acupuncture and Tuina):
Traditional Chinese medicine is a scientific system that has been repeatedly verified for thousands of years, and it has developed with the deepening of the understanding of the human body and changes in the spectrum of diseases.
The dynamic life concept of TCM, the theory of health preservation and clinical practice, the early intervention thought of "preventing disease", the individualized diagnosis and treatment model based on people, the comprehensive treatment concept of overall adjustment, and the colorful diagnosis and treatment methods, etc., all enable TCM to prevent diseases. In the treatment of diseases, the effect is definite and irreplaceable.
Shi Bin (President of Neck, Shoulder, Waist and Leg Pain Hospital in Shandong Province):
TCM has its own unique scientific methods and essential characteristics of TCM, which can be passed down to this day. I think there are at least three aspects. There are mainly two types of methods: acupuncture and prescriptions.
In addition, there are various methods such as medicated bathing, sticking, and guiding.
The second is the advantage of therapeutic thought. "Treatment of disease before disease" is one of the most famous thoughts in traditional Chinese medicine. This preventive medicine thought has been formed as early as in the "Huang Di Nei Jing·Suwen·Four Qi Tiao Shen Dalun". In the first chapter "Ancient Innocence Theory" in Huangdi Neijing·Suwen, it systematically explained the various elements of physical and mental adjustment, daily adjustment, and diet adjustment, such as: Always!" "Eat and drink regularly, daily life is regular, do not work rashly, so the form is in harmony with the spirit" and so on, these thoughts run through the entire Chinese medicine.
In recent decades, the "new concept of health" has been put forward by many medical scientists. "Modern medicine must be transformed from pure biomedicine to biological, psychological, and social medicine." It is widely understood that there is a gap between health and disease. A "sub-healthy" state.
All these new ideas, frankly, are old ideas that Chinese medicine has adhered to for more than two thousand years and accumulated a lot of rich experience.
The third is the advantage of literature resources. In addition to the difficulty of learning Chinese medicine, it is difficult to distinguish the symptoms and use prescriptions, and it is also difficult to read.
Traditional Chinese medicine has developed like a snowball. The ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine in all dynasties are the summaries of doctors' experience in treating diseases at that time, which are extremely precious.
2. Chinese medicine is "omnipotent"? "No way"!
Contrary to "disagreement with Chinese medicine", some people think that Chinese medicine is "omnipotent", and even extremely reject modern medical diagnosis and treatment methods. Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have their own strengths, in which areas can the combination of Chinese and Western medicine play a greater role?
Gu Xiaohong (Chairman of the Chinese Medicine Specialty Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education and Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine):
In a certain sense, Chinese medicine is not treating "illness" but "people".
For example, in the prevention and control of the epidemic, we said that "righteousness is inside, and evil cannot be done", which is a good guide for clinical practice.
Another example is the concept of "incurable diseases and pre-treatment" in Chinese medicine, which emphasizes the regulation of human body functions, improves people's health, and reduces the occurrence of diseases.
In people’s life-cycle health services, the integration of Chinese and Western medicine can be a full-course and omni-directional one. We cannot discard this advantage, and we cannot simply separate Chinese and Western medicine. The two are not an either-or relationship, but a mutual relationship. Harmonious.
Wang Wei: We
must objectively recognize the limitations of traditional Chinese medicine, and we should not over-exaggerate the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine.
For some organic diseases or hereditary diseases, the efficacy of Chinese medicine is relatively limited.
For example, coronary angioplasty in the acute phase of myocardial infarction can quickly recanalize the blood vessels, while the methods of traditional Chinese medicine have not yet achieved similar results.
In addition, traditional Chinese medicine also has areas that need to be developed. For example, the complex components of traditional Chinese medicine compounds and the unclear core effect components are not conducive to scientific evaluation of the potential efficacy and risks of drugs; the diagnostic basis of Chinese medicine is not objective and quantified, which is not conducive to the realization of standardized diagnosis and treatment; There are not many types of Chinese medicine for emergency treatment, which limits the scope of application of Chinese medicine.
These may be the key factors restricting the wider acceptance of Chinese medicine.
Cheng Chun (Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine): To
hold the view that TCM is "omnipotent" is "absolutely impossible"!
Illness is the common enemy of Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Relieving pain is an eternal topic of Chinese medicine and Western medicine. In fact, medicine has been developed to this day and it is still powerless to deal with many diseases.
However, Chinese and Western medicine also have their own areas of expertise. In comparison, Chinese medicine is good at emergency, difficult and chronic diseases, good at treating pre- and miscellaneous diseases, good health, health care, and rehabilitation. At the same time, they have no knowledge of Western medicine and unclear diagnosis. Traditional Chinese medicine often has a unique effect on cases where the diagnosis of Western medicine is clear but there is no treatment method or the treatment is rarely effective for a long time, the side effects of Western medicine treatment are obvious, and the sudden new infectious diseases, epidemics, especially pandemics, etc.
Chen Kaixian: In the
past few decades, the many major achievements made by Chinese medicine and the integration of Chinese and Western medicine have confirmed that Chinese medicine has not only significantly improved the level of clinical treatment of many diseases, but also has made important contributions to the promotion of the core value of medicine and the transformation of medical models. The value and role of Chinese medicine in contemporary times.
The view that denies the scientific nature and important value of Chinese medicine is inconsistent with the facts and is therefore wrong.
At the same time, it should be noted that there are also a few comrades in society and in the TCM field who are relatively rigid and self-proclaimed, and cannot promote the inheritance and innovation of TCM under contemporary conditions and keep pace with the times.
Some people cannot correctly grasp the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine as a medical science and the profound philosophical thoughts it contains, and cannot correctly understand the relationship between Chinese and Western medicine "complementary advantages and coordinated development".
In this fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, traditional Chinese medicine has played a very important role, but it needs to be strengthened in the in-depth analysis of the role of traditional Chinese medicine with modern science and technology, and the use of evidence-based medicine concepts and methods to evaluate the efficacy.
3. Traditional Chinese medicine is conservative? Quite the opposite!
Traditional Chinese medicine is a traditional medicine with a unique theoretical system, deep foundation and continuous development, and it is a living existence with vitality. How to stick to the essence and organically integrate with the times is a proposition that modern Chinese medicine practitioners must crack.
Gu Xiaohong:
Traditional Chinese medicine is a medicine that highly integrates "morality", "dao" and "technique".
"Morality" is the noble medical ethics and benevolence represented by the spirit of "great doctors".
In my opinion, morality cannot be simply understood as the level of professional ethics for Chinese medicine. It is an indispensable part of Chinese medicine. The sincere spirit of great doctors has special guiding significance for the formation and development of Chinese medicine. .
"Tao" is rooted in China's excellent traditional culture, with a profound foundation of ancient Chinese philosophy of Chinese medicine thinking and Chinese medicine theories.
Traditional Chinese medicine thinking fully embodies the people-oriented, distinct systematic thinking, which contains the profound philosophical wisdom of the harmony between nature and humanity and the natural way.
It can be said that the path of Chinese medicine includes the path of life, the path of heaven and earth, the path of health, and the path of philosophy.
"Surgery" is a method of diagnosis and treatment and medication formed under the guidance of Chinese medicine thinking. It is the sublimation of Chinese medicine clinical practice for thousands of years.
The technique of Chinese medicine is carried in the classics of Chinese medicine, and is continuously passed on and carried forward by famous doctors.
The ethics, Taoism, and skills of Chinese medicine, especially the organic integration of the three constitute the essence of Chinese medicine.
Luo Songping (Professor of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, leader of the national key discipline of TCM and gynecology): Traditional Chinese
medicine belongs to traditional medicine.
Many countries and ethnic groups in the world have traditional medicine, such as Mongolian medicine, Thai medicine, Hui medicine, Tibetan medicine, and alternative medicine in Europe and the United States, such as chiropractors, homeopathy, and so on.
The traditional medicine of many ethnic groups has a long history, some have only their unique diagnosis and treatment methods, and some have their theoretical systems.
Among the many traditional medicines, TCM has a relatively complete theoretical system and classic works, as well as a relatively comprehensive diagnosis and treatment method. It has been exported to Japan and the Korean Peninsula in the Tang Dynasty, and later exported along the "Maritime Silk Road". To Southeast Asian countries.
Therefore, it has a greater influence in the world.
Chinese medicine is an open system, good at absorbing overseas medical technology and medicines for my use.
For example, the "sea medicine" in the Lingnan area is an animal and plant medicine from overseas, including many exotic species that entered China with spices, such as cinnamon, pepper, sandalwood, agarwood, etc., have been found to have medicinal value, enriching the treasure house of Chinese medicine .
Beginning in the Qing Dynasty, Western medicine entered China, and the school of "convergence of Chinese and Western medicine" was formed.
Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine is a traditional medicine with a unique theoretical system, deep foundation and continuous development, and it is a living existence with vitality.
This is a height that no other traditional medicine has reached.
4. The dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture urgently needs to "break the circle"
In recent years, the popularity of Chinese medicine culture has soared. However, due to the characteristics of high knowledge threshold and strong professional attributes, Chinese medicine culture still has many misunderstandings in mass communication, and it is more accepted by the Chinese as a method of health preservation. How to promote the spread of Chinese medicine culture is a problem that Chinese medicine workers must face.
Chen Kaixian:
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, we have done much research on Chinese medicine culture. For example, Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine established the Chinese Medicine Culture Research and Dissemination Center in 2009. Serve as the honorary director of the center.
We also host the "Chinese Medicine Culture" magazine, not only in Chinese, but also in English. The purpose is to comprehensively interpret Chinese medicine from the cultural source and show the world the profound humanistic connotation of Chinese medicine.
It is undeniable that we do have a tendency to emphasize research and neglect communication.
Of course, there are certain objective reasons for this tendency. Traditional Chinese medicine is relatively professional, especially because it is quite different from the modern scientific system.
From the perspective of communication level, the outer layer of cultures such as acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, Bamai, and Taijiquan, through the middle layer of behavior norms and values, must enter the inner layer of the culture of core values and ways of thinking. The difficulty of communication is very difficult and it is easy to produce various Kind of misunderstanding, misunderstanding and misleading.
However, if the spread is not implemented, it will be difficult to form a wide range of recognition, and its role will be very limited.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic is a major global public health incident. Our dissemination of Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine culture cannot be limited to one time and one place. In addition to reaching a consensus in the country, we must truly deepen our understanding and communication. The perspective of understanding promotes the interactive communication between Chinese medicine and the world's diverse medical culture, which benefits human health.
Through portal websites, English publications and public media, we will increase the international exposure of Chinese medicine culture, tell the stories of traditional Chinese medicine, and tell the stories of China well.
Shi Bin:
At present, there is no basis for the inventory of traditional Chinese medicine cultural resources, the development and transformation of resources are not yet sufficient, there are not enough examples of living inheritance, and the integration point with cultural construction is even more lacking.
"Out of the circle" of Chinese medicine and cultural cross-border has not yet been reached.
Traditional Chinese medicine culture can be used as a characteristic tourist route or characteristic content to introduce the concept of health preservation and the cultural value system of Chinese medicine into public services.
Only by multi-party coordination can the Chinese medicine culture enter the homes of ordinary people and the hearts of the Chinese people.
Huang Huang (Professor of the School of International Economics, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine): The
dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture should be oriented to the general public and should be easy to understand and practical; for elementary school students, it should be scientifically rigorous and simple; for people in the context of non-Chinese culture, it should be more Objective, more practical and more standardized.
In general, the principle of "visible, tangible, understandable, and usable" should be grasped well.
In the cultivation of Chinese medicine talents, this principle should also be grasped. It is necessary to speak "Mandarin" well and allow a little "local accent" but not too strong.
(Reporters Huang Xiaoyi, Cao Jijun, Wu Chunyan, Li Xiaodong, Feng Fan, Wang Zhongyao)