I asked: Master, what is the difference between TCM and Western medicine?
Master: The biggest difference between TCM and Western medicine is also in the way of thinking. Western medicine relies purely on human medicine technology to fight diseases, and puts the human body's self-defense and self-repair ability into a secondary position, even ignoring its existence. Western medicine believes in human intelligence, and in the process of dealing with diseases, the so-called science and technology to sing the main role in the drama, or even sing a monologue. Chinese medicine relies more on enhancing the body's own ability to deal with disease, in the "treatment" and "nourishment" more in favor of "nourishment," "treatment Cure" is external force and "nourish" is internal force, that is, the body's own self-repair ability. Chinese medicine can be very good to put their own position, in dealing with the disease, the doctor willing to play a supporting role, to help the body to win the war with the disease.
Western medicine almost always adopts the "quench your thirst" approach when it comes to chronic diseases. The term "quench your thirst" is a sarcastic reference to short-sighted behavior that focuses only on the present and not on the future. For example, the body has many ways of detoxification, cough, foot odor, abdominal discharge, fever, vomiting, acne, spots, ringworm, hemorrhoids, sweating, etc., are the body detoxification of self-healing behavior, but the Western medicine simply do not understand this physiological phenomenon of the human body, and take to prevent the symptomatic approach to interfere with the body. Cough on the cough medicine, fever on the fever injection, etc., so that the body, although there is no longer a symptom, there is no detoxification pain, but the poison did not come out, stay in the body of the body to the body to cause more harm. In the West, there is now a "homeopathic" way of thinking, which is the complete opposite, understanding the body's self-healing behavior, and helping the body to achieve the purpose of detoxification.
Pain is the body's way of signaling to the brain that it needs help, and this signal is transmitted through the nerves. The Western medical treatment is to take the relevant drugs, mostly anesthetized nerves, to prevent the communication of this distress signal, so that even if it is a treatment. In fact, this is a kind of practice to deceive the brain, the consequences are quite serious. As I said earlier, the body of small problems, the body will not ask for help in the brain, only the body has been seriously injured, that is, the body's self-healing system is in a weakened function, can not solve the problem to the brain to ask for help. Sleeping pills are typically a drug that interrupts the body's ability to communicate signals to the brain, and long-term use of them can be very damaging to the body.
I said: to the Western medicine of drug treatment, many people are beginning to recognize the dangers, master, how do you think of Western medicine surgery?
Master: in recent years is very popular surgical treatment, and surgical treatment of disease more and more intense, which is another Western medicine to bring mankind another disaster. The body is our parents left us the most perfect life, is the most precious gift given to us by nature. But we casually hand it over to doctors to dismember and replace. In the earliest days, we did not understand the immune organs, and when the body's immune system was fighting with diseases, we did not understand the body's symptoms of inflammation and fever, but instead, we cut all these loyal guards of the body, such as tonsils, appendix, thymus gland and even the spleen, out of the body. This is probably the greatest injustice of the human body, and the unjust souls of these loyal guardians of the human body have been crying out to us. Nowadays, many women who have female diseases are moved to cut off their breasts, their uterus and their ovaries, and after they are cut off, you are no longer a woman. Since you are not a woman and not a man, you are a monster. If you are not a woman, the fact is that no man will love you, and you have no meaning to exist as a woman. Any organ plays an irreplaceable role in the body. In recent years, hospitals have raised scalpels to slash at human beings, and these knives greatly outnumber the guns raised in any war. Many people are superstitious about organ transplants, but the maximum years of survival for organ transplants is only seven years, and the average person is that one or two years. Because the human body has an immune system, the immune system inherently rejects what is foreign and attacks it. Therefore, people who have had organ transplants have to take a lot of drugs every day, what are these drugs for? It's to suppress the immune function so that the immune system sleeps well and doesn't mess up. And with the immune system inactive, your entire body is completely exposed to all the tens of millions of bacteria that exist in nature, and how much more of an attack can your life withstand? I have a rule in treating patients who have had surgery, organ removal or organ transplants that I resolutely do not take on because there is nothing I can do to help them.
I said: all surgery can not be done?
Master: that's not true, surgery is the ultimate choice when there is no way out, but now surgery is too ubiquitous, moving surgery instead of rehabilitation.
The second difference between TCM and Western medicine is whether there is a holistic view. Chinese medicine sees the human body as an indivisible whole, and each organ and organization is linked together, with one glory and one loss. For example, the "five elements and five organs" believe that the most important organs of the human body are the five organs, and any disease is directly or indirectly related to the decline in the function of the five organs. The five elements theory defines the relationship between the five internal organs by association. Any one of the internal organs is linked to the other organs through phasing. The holistic view of Chinese medicine also reflects the relationship between man and nature, man and society, man and nature, man and society are a whole, the human body got sick can be from the natural aspects and social aspects to seek treatment. For example, the four seasons of Chinese medicine, spring, summer, fall and winter seasonal changes require people to make corresponding adjustments in food, clothing, housing and transportation, otherwise it will affect health. Chinese medicine especially emphasizes the human emotions, and emotions are mainly reflected in interpersonal relationships, people and social harmony is a guarantee of health.
Western medicine does not have a holistic view. Chinese medicine treats the person who has the disease, while Western medicine treats the person who has the disease. There is a story to give people a deep insight:
Once upon a time there was a man with a hunchback, looking for a lot of doctors can not be cured, one day to a clinic to seek medical treatment, the clinic doctor said: "no problem, surely can be cured", the patient was very happy to hear, so he let him cure. This person to find a few helpers, with two door panels to the hunchback in the middle of the clip, placed on the ground with his feet, the hunchback at first screamed in pain, and then did not make a sound, the family look at the hunchback has been cut off, and immediately grabbed the doctor and said: "You have to pay for life." The doctor said: "I only care about the treatment of the hunchback, and do not care about the death of people."
Western doctors only have diseases in their eyes, and do not think of people as a whole, let alone in the natural and social environment. For example, in treating cancer, western doctors only think of using chemotherapy and radiation therapy to kill cancer cells, they do not consider the damage that chemotherapy and radiation therapy do to the body, especially harming the immune system, if the body does not have the protection of the immune system, there is virtually no way for the disease to be cured, or even survive for a single minute. AIDS is untreated because the body's immune system is first destroyed in a paralyzed state. Maybe Western doctors know about this damage, but they simply don't have the means to avoid it. And we find that many cancer patients actually eat instant noodles or nibble on crackers on the operating table, which does not exist in the process of Chinese medicine treatment, because Chinese medicine regulates the patient's diet and other aspects of life throughout the treatment.
I said: on reflection, this is indeed the case. Is there any other difference?
Master: The third difference is that the medical model is different. Western medicine is divided into specialties according to physiological systems and organs, and is becoming more and more detailed. The medical profession is also becoming more and more specialized, and now the number of diseases has reached tens of thousands, and is still being subdivided. There is also a clear line between treatment and care in Western medicine, with nurses strictly enforcing medical advice. Medical treatment and nursing care are also separate, emphasizing rehabilitation exercises. Psychological treatment is also different, as Western medicine has specialized psychologists for consultation and treatment. The holistic nature of Chinese medicine, on the other hand, is manifested in the fact that the categorization of diseases is based on the function of internal organs and major causes, which is on the rough side. Moreover, there is no distinction between medicine and nursing, and comprehensive treatment is emphasized. In the process of treatment of disease psychotherapy throughout the treatment. In this way, Chinese medicine has a lot of advantages in treating diseases. Let's say, for example, there are now department stores with a grand scale, like Wal-Mart, which puts forward the concept of one-stop shopping. And Chinese medicine is a one-stop medical treatment, as long as you see a Chinese medicine, can solve all your problems.
Western medicine is practiced in the mode of "shopping", to cure the disease, sometimes have to run a lot of sections. And sometimes patients don't know what department they need to see. Even the western medicine often appear ridiculous things, such as an oncologist may be a common cold will not be dealt with. In fact, any chronic disease is the result of the overall decline of the body's function, only due to the individual differences in the patient's body, the virus first breaks through in certain weak organs. Because the body's blood circulation system is the body of nutrients, waste, functional hormones **** with the channel, in a few minutes, all the nutrients, toxins, hormones can travel around the whole body. For many patients who suffer from serious diseases, almost all of their functions are damaged. For example, the spleen and stomach, liver and kidneys, etc. Therefore, chronic diseases can have a universal treatment and conditioning mode. For example, 100% of all chronic diseases have spleen and stomach problems and can be treated from the spleen and stomach. And it's actually true that as long as you control the body's imports and unclog the body's exits, any disease can be regulated.
I said: one-stop medical care, very graphic. Is there any other difference?
Master: The fourth difference between TCM and Western medicine is the difference in diagnosis. Chinese medicine diagnosis "look, smell, ask, cut", these methods, although there is no standard data, but are based on the body's sensations and feelings, so as long as the integrated use, the judgment will be true. The diagnostic method of Chinese medicine is based on the scientific judgment that "what is inside must be outside", just as if you see the shadow of a chair, there must be a physical object behind the shadow, which is just as reliable. Moreover, the diagnosis of Chinese medicine can discover the initial stage of the disease, that is, the subtle changes in the quantitative stage. Western medicine's diagnosis relies mainly on instruments, and instruments diagnose only results. Instruments are lifeless, and the data obtained by them cannot make flexible judgments according to the patient's special situation, for example, they cannot diagnose the disease according to the differences in the patient's face, form, behavior, and language. Spirit, personality and psychology can only be discovered by human judgment. Of course, there are also shortcomings in the way Chinese medicine interrupts, for example, Chinese medicine diagnosis is based on experience, and personal medical skills, training and insight can affect the accuracy of diagnosis. Western medicine within a certain range of diagnosis of the condition has its accuracy and objectivity side.
The fifth difference between traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine is the different types of diseases. Chinese medicine adapts to chronic diseases, that is, diseases that develop as a result of a decline in body function and constitution. Therefore, for chronic diseases, that is, those formed by lifestyle errors, the methods of Chinese medicine are irreplaceable. Western medicine has a unique approach to trauma and infectious diseases, and it is difficult to match Chinese medicine in terms of epidemic prevention, first aid, and surgery. However, Western medicine is helpless for chronic diseases, such as the popular cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, cancer, asthma, hepatitis, nephrotic syndrome, rheumatism, are labeled as "incurable diseases" by Western medicine, that is, the science has not yet been developed to the point of curing these diseases, and these diseases can only be dealt with by taking medication for life. This kind of disease if seek treatment in Western medicine, is like asking in the blind, not cure okay, a cure will be more serious diseases, and even many patients are scared to death by Western medicine, such as cancer patients, many of them are controlled by the thinking of Western medicine, resulting in a mental breakdown and death. It is really saddening!
I said: In this way, it seems that the world can not be without Western medicine, nor can it be without Chinese medicine; every need to be healthy people, can choose different treatments according to their own situation.