What is the difference between TCM and Western medicine?

1 From the disease: Western medicine called the disease, most of the disease depends on the pathogen, or on a particular lesion foci and named, or on the physiology of a particular change and named. In short, the name of the disease of Western medicine, must depend on the physical diagnosis and experimental diagnosis, is more specific. Chinese medicine disease, or with the nature of the cause of the disease and named, or with the prominent symptoms and named, or from the location of the disease mechanism and named, although more abstract, but it is often from a holistic view of the limitations are less. But scientific or unscientific, so far can not be said. 2 From the medicine: most of the western medicine is only one kind, and the most of the compound is only a few kinds. The dosage of western medicine is easy to control; Chinese medicine is very difficult to execute in the origin, production methods, storage time and conditions, and so on. Western medicine, no matter "endogenous" and "exogenous" chemical substances, are through the action of the body's proteins to play a role. Most of these proteins are enzymes, receptors and transporters for neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and hormones, or ion channels on cell membranes. "Ion channels" on the cell membrane. Nine times out of ten, the effective components of Chinese herbal medicines work through these proteins in the human body. Effective Chinese herbal medicine and from the "natural products" extracted from the biggest difference between Western medicine is the purity. 3 From the medical equipment: Western medicine is developing by leaps and bounds, and all kinds of modern technology are integrated into modern medical equipment. Chinese medicine is also using these things, but there is no equipment of their own. To put it bluntly, even the fingerprint spectrum of the identification of traditional Chinese medicine must rely on Western medical instruments to do. 4 From the theoretical development, Western medicine has entered the genetic era, the era of cloning, and its research is more and more in-depth. Chinese medicine seems to have stagnated. 5 From the direction: the combination of Chinese and Western medicine should be the most appropriate direction. With the development of Western medicine and other basic sciences, I think that the real way to help Chinese medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine, "to take the essence and discard the dross" will not be Chinese medicine itself, but modern Western medicine. Difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine (joke) Drugs this thing, say clear is a Western doctor, can not say is a Chinese medicine; disease this thing, can be cured to find a Western doctor, can not be cured to find a Chinese medicine; medication this thing, rob money is a Western doctor, cheating money is a Chinese medicine; prescriptions for this thing, do not understand is a Western doctor, do not understand is a Chinese medicine. Medical books this thing, read the "Lancet" is a Western doctor, read the "Materia Medica" is a Chinese medicine; efficacy of this thing, can not be cured is a Western doctor, cured is a Chinese medicine. Technology, emphasizing the avant-garde is Western medicine, emphasizing the long history of Chinese medicine. Award this thing, hanging the English version of the Western medicine, hanging traditional Chinese characters is Chinese medicine - hanging banners is a liar. Doctors this thing, young and handsome is Western medicine, kind eyes is Chinese medicine - young and beautiful is a nurse. Diagnostic method of this thing, touch your head is a Western doctor, touch your hand is a Chinese medicine - touch other places is a hooligan. Western medicine cure, any disease dare to cure, cure death is normal. Chinese medicine practitioners cure diseases, any disease can be cured, anyway, who can not say. Looking for Chinese medicine to see a doctor is a Western doctor, looking for a Western doctor to see a doctor is a Chinese medicine. Whether it is Chinese medicine, or Western medicine, the result is only two: either untreated and healed, or untreated and died.