Why is Chinese medicine more suitable for humans?
"Traditional Chinese medicine is a scenery that can only be seen from the top of the mountain." Professor Yuan Zhong of Union Medical University once said.
He has also questioned and criticized Chinese medicine for a long time, and has also published some articles, but with the increase of reading and experience, his thinking has gradually changed. Through exposure to meteorological medicine, medical psychology, medical sociology, sociobiology, etc., he discovered the advanced concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, the ecological advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and the broad wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine... Traditional Chinese medicine is actually more suitable for human beings.
He gave an example:
In 2006, I visited North America with oncologists from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. We went to the oncology department and tumor hospital of several famous Canadian hospitals. The other party saw that we were from China and asked if we could help them build a traditional Chinese medicine department. Unexpectedly, Chinese medicine, which is quite controversial in China, is so popular in famous western medicine hospitals in the West.
French professor Claude once wrote a letter to the Chinese medicine community, in which he said:
Chinese medicine is not limited to the field of medicine, it covers all aspects of life and even the world. Chinese medicine is an infinite wisdom that cannot be understood by Westerners' thinking.
Western medicine, as an important treatment method, can sometimes save lives. Western medicine has been making progress in hygiene and surgery. However, this medical system is difficult to bring about sustained and long-term curative effects, and there are many unexpected side effects.
TCM is a complete system that can treat acute as well as chronic diseases. In today's era of globalization, Chinese medicine is certainly the right integrative discipline that unifies all treatments to create a holistic thinking about the human body and itself.
The Chinese should be proud of their wisdom and ancient medical system, the time has come. In some western countries, the communication and exchange of Eastern and Western medicine is not completely smooth. I hope that one day, there will be qualified Chinese medicine practitioners in western hospitals, who have the right to prescribe and treat diseases with acupuncture without being opposed by Western medical colleagues.
Claude also said in an interview, "The influence of traditional Chinese medicine on me includes many aspects, like a vivid story, such as a love story."
Deng Tietao, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, once said earnestly that Chinese medicine is a post-modern medicine, and Chinese medicine is not backward, but too advanced. For diseases that have never been seen before, the curative effect of our Chinese medicine is definitely higher than that of Western medicine.
We yearn for the revitalization of traditional Chinese medicine, and hope that human beings will no longer suffer from diseases. If this dream can be realized, the world will be filled with healthy laughter, happy families everywhere, hundreds of trillions of wealth every year will no longer be wasted by medicine, and the green mountains and green waters will no longer be polluted by medicine. I firmly believe that the future destiny of mankind must be closely linked with traditional Chinese medicine.
However, we have to pay attention to the many challenges facing the development of traditional Chinese medicine: for example, the cultural foundation of the development of traditional Chinese medicine has almost been lost; exaggeration prevails, and fake traditional Chinese medicine is rampant; medicinal materials merchants pursue money worship; traditional Chinese medicine inheritance education is lacking; traditional Chinese medicine hospitals have lost their true colors, etc. To revitalize traditional Chinese medicine, the first thing to do is to let traditional Chinese medicine return to public life. History has proved that the birth and existence of traditional Chinese medicine is due to the widespread trust and love of the general public. Without the trust of the public, traditional Chinese medicine will lose its foundation.
Finally, to borrow what Wu Yi said, the development of traditional Chinese medicine is inseparable from the support of all aspects, but in the final analysis, it depends on the efforts of the traditional Chinese medicine industry itself. We should not be confused by the problems encountered in the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and should not be disturbed by some discussions, let alone belittle ourselves. We must seize the favorable opportunity and unswervingly develop the cause of traditional Chinese medicine.
Source: Medical Museum Vision