The existence of alternative medicine just exposes the shortcomings of modern medicine.
Chinese medicine, especially acupuncture and other physical therapies, is accepted by Americans. At present, there may be more than 20,000 doctors with TCM acupuncture licenses in the United States, and 1000 TCM clinics.
Traditional medicine in China
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is "a medicine which originated and formed in China and has the characteristics of holistic concept and syndrome differentiation and treatment". Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years. At the same time, Chinese medicine also refers to the "professional team of Chinese medicine disciplines", that is, Chinese medicine doctors. The classification of TCM mainly includes TCM internal medicine, TCM surgery and TCM orthopedics.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) refers to the traditional medicine in China, and it is a subject that studies the physiology, pathology, diagnosis and prevention of diseases. It bears the experience and theoretical knowledge of ancient Chinese people in fighting diseases, and is a medical theoretical system gradually formed and developed through long-term medical practice under the guidance of ancient naive materialism and spontaneous dialectical thought. In the research method, based on similar holistic view, physiology and pathology of viscera and meridians, syndrome differentiation and treatment, simple system theory, cybernetics, fractal theory and information theory.
Generally speaking, Chinese medicine refers to the traditional medicine created by the working people of Han nationality in China, so it is also called Chinese medicine. Other Chinese medicine, such as Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine and Miao medicine, are called ethnic medicine.
Based on the theory of yin-yang and five elements, Chinese medicine regards the human body as the unity of qi, form and spirit. Through the methods of looking, smelling, asking and feeling, combined with the four diagnoses, this paper discusses the etiology, nature and location of the disease, analyzes the changes of pathogenesis, viscera, meridians, joints, qi and blood, body fluid, judges the positive and negative changes of evil, and then obtains the name of the disease, summarizes the syndrome types and formulates it according to the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment. The positive side of TCM treatment lies in the hope of restoring the balance between Yin and Yang, while the negative side lies in the hope of giving consideration to life and quality of life when drugs must be used to slow down the deterioration of diseases. In addition, the ultimate goal of Chinese medicine is not only to cure diseases, but to help mankind reach the realm of four typical characters, namely, real person, supreme, saint and saint, proposed in Huangdi Neijing.
The theory of traditional Chinese medicine comes from China's summary of ancient medical experience and the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. Its contents include essence and qi theory, yin-yang and five elements theory, qi and blood, body fluid, viscera, meridians, constitution, etiology and pathogenesis, treatment principles, health preservation and so on. As early as two thousand years ago, the monograph Huangdi Neijing came out, which laid the foundation of Chinese medicine. So far, the theory, diagnosis and treatment related to traditional Chinese medicine,
Traditional Chinese medicine has a complete theoretical system, and its uniqueness lies in the holistic view of "harmony between man and nature" and "correspondence between man and nature" and its treatment based on syndrome differentiation. The main features are:
People think that man is a part of nature, and nature is made up of yin and yang. Yin and Yang are opposites and interdependent, and they are always in motion and change. Under normal physiological conditions, the two are in dynamic balance. Once this dynamic balance is destroyed, it will be in a morbid state. However, when treating diseases and correcting the imbalance between Yin and Yang, we do not look at the problem in an isolated and static way, but mostly from a dynamic point of view, that is, the concept of constant motion that we emphasize. It is believed that man and nature are a unified whole, that is, "harmony between man and nature" and "correspondence between man and nature". The law of human life activities and the occurrence of diseases are closely related to various changes in nature (such as seasonal climate, geographical area, day and night, morning and evening, etc.). ).). People's physical characteristics and the law of onset are also different because of their different natural environment and different degrees of adaptation to the natural environment. Therefore, in the diagnosis and treatment of the same disease, the emphasis of time, place and person is not uniform. It is believed that all tissues and organs of the human body are a whole, and they are interrelated and influenced physiologically and pathologically. Therefore, we never look at a certain physiological or pathological phenomenon in isolation, but look at the disease from a holistic perspective, with special emphasis on the "holistic view."