Chen: respect is to respect history of traditional Chinese medicine 
 
 
Source: health 

    Our reporter Cui Fang 
 
    Sign of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) from the "cancel" movement to "reveal the pregnancy" bet, in recent years, traditional Chinese medicine in its policy, environmental opportunities at the same time, also faces many challenges. How to rationally think about the science of traditional Chinese medicine?
 
    At last Saturday's first doctor of traditional Chinese medicine science meeting, vice chairman of the standing committee of the NPC standing committee, member of Chinese academy of sciences, Chen zhu said: "although I am engaged in medical and scientific research of a veteran, but in front of the broad and profound Chinese medicine science can be a pupil." Chen zhu said that in the process of medical research for many years, he really feeling of traditional Chinese medicine is the treasure of the Chinese nation, "respect for science of traditional Chinese medicine, is respect for the history of our nation".
 
    Cognitive differences such as "infantile argument day"
 
    "Respect for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the premise is to scientifically understand it." Chen zhu familiar with the public "infantile argument day" story, to elaborate the differences of cognitive styles between Chinese and western medicine: two children arguing the sun distance, near a think at sunrise, noon far, because with the naked eye observation at sunrise, noon a little, but almost things look great, far things look small. Another is that, on the other hand, because the sunrise cool,, hot at noon, the sun is far from the sun to close.
 
    Chen zhu said that the metaphor vividly describes the eastern and western medical cognitive method, cognitive method of dominant in Oriental culture has been the experience and intuition, from the whole understanding and the treatment including disease and complex problems, such as life, rather than to split them into small units to get to know. While the west is along another path, namely "the empirical + reasoning" the development of the cognitive approach. Under these two kinds of cultural background and cognitive methods in the development of medicine is also different. Western medicine in patients would consider is functional or organic, through the check can be accurate to specific pathological changes, and then further microcosmic figure out what is the cause. The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine consider patients at what card type, diet, do not move or seven emotions, is overworked or seasons, and overall nursing for patients. It is in the observation and exploration, in the different way of thinking, caused the people to the different understanding of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine.
 
    "I thought, find out that the relationship between the two kinds of cognitive method, can help us better understand the traditional Chinese medicine." Chen zhu said.
 
    Idea is becoming "similar"
 
    Although the cognitive style is different, but the basic concept of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and clinical methods and modern medical science and life science, more and more similar in common. Chen zhu, for example, the traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the "balance of Yin and Yang", and modern system biology has the same effect; The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the "nature and humanity", and modern western science of health is very similar to the relationship between environmental factors and disease; The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "evidence-based medicine", and modern medicine for each patient by pharmacogenomics, find the most suitable medicine is also a feature; Compound theory of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine is more and more emphasis on comprehensive treatment of disease also have in common.
 
    "But we can think about it, the concept of Chinese medicine in ancient times is put forward the concept of the wisdom of the ancestors should be respected and applied to the system of modern medicine." Chen zhu said, such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) attaches great importance to the prevention of disease, emphasis on "cure not ill" at work, at the same time, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) thought the human body is a whole system, health depends on the balance of Yin and Yang. The concept of the nip in the bud, and the characteristics of the system theory, the holistic understanding, has been accepted by modern medical theory.
 
    Chen zhu to their research process for the treatment of leukemia, for example, says it is the study of TCM classics, learning, and use modern methods of malignant cells can induce differentiation of compound screening, find the arsenic trioxide and retinoic acid, a combination of the two drugs to let the natural course of only a few weeks of the most dangerous and 85% ~ 85% of acute leukemia patients can cure, basically recurrence in 5 years, is widely used in the world. And known as the invention of the antimalarial wonder drug artemisinin, ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine has also benefited from 1600 years ago the elbow backup nasty side, descriptions of artemisinin thermal disease role. "It can be said that the intersection of two kinds of cognitive in the east and west, as modern medicine provides more options and wider view." Chen zhu said.
 
    To make the traditional Chinese medicine "modern"
 
    Although many of the wisdom of the TCM, Chen zhu at the same time, Chinese medicine also has the need to improve and perfect place.
 
    Chen zhu said that the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in a relatively long time stay in the level of experience and philosophical speculations, more than failed to keep pace with the modern science system accompanied by the development of anatomy, physiology and so on. "This is a result of the feudal, closed the development of the shackles of the traditional Chinese medicine." At the same time, modern science and technology knowledge of human beings are far from perfect, so the formation theory of traditional Chinese medicine for a long time can't use the modern language to describe, Chinese medicine and western medicine cannot be exchanged mutually melt.
 
    Chen zhu identity "of traditional Chinese medicine modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is to make modern words" point of view. , he thought, if can be more classics of traditional Chinese medicine essence expressed in the public can understand the modern academic language, then it will be for the treatment of modern medicine to provide more ideas and methods.
 
    Chen zhu, although at present there are still barriers between Chinese and western medicine, but as long as eclectic, not complacent, both based on the history, and with an eye to the future, will have a chance to establish the harmony of Chinese and western medicine thought into an organic whole, and take the advantages of modern medical system, for traditional Chinese and western academic circles, this is the way is far, Benedict line to; it's huge, hard for will."
 
 
 
 
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