What is Western medicine?

What the Chinese call "Western medicine" usually refers to "the medical system of modern Western countries". The modern western medical system originated in the modern western countries, it is in the modern period of western countries scholars denied and abandoned the ancient Greek medicine, to anatomy and physiology, tissue embryology, biochemistry and molecular biology as the basic disciplines of the development of a brand new medical system, and this brand new medical system is the Chinese people nowadays often called "Western medicine". Modern and contemporary Western medicine was called new medicine in modern-era China, as opposed to old medicine (Chinese medicine).

The medical system of modern Western countries uses anatomy and physiology, tissue embryology, biochemistry and molecular biology as the basic disciplines; Chinese medicine uses Tibetan physiology and meridian and acupoint studies as the basic disciplines.

The diagnostic technology in the medical system of modern western countries is more of advanced medical equipment and laboratories to make accurate diagnosis of diseases. Doctors use their sensory organs through visual diagnosis, palpation, percussion, auscultation, smell diagnosis and other methods or with the help of stethoscopes, percussion hammer, sphygmomanometers, thermometers, and other simple tools for patients to carry out a comprehensive and systematic examination to diagnose the patient's disease.