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Western medicine

focused on particular part with disease and

exciting cause of the disease

disease of body

Different focus of treatment

TCM

a balance of element of the whole body

e.g. Yin and Yang, evil Qi and vital Qi,

five element theory

Western medicine

the pathology and treatment of every disease

e.g. antibiotic, surgical operation

Western Medicine

History of Chinese Medicine

What are the differences between TCM and Western Medicine?

following the development of modern science,

especially anatomy and bacteriology

able to describe directly and specifically

--> linearity thought for western medicine.

Example of treatment balancing Qi

TCM

If we are suffering from impatience, aggressiveness, and irritable bowel syndrome , we are having excessive hotness.

What we should eat?

Sour food like citrus, vinegar, berries, which are astringent and cooling.

Avoid food that is greasy or spicy

History of Western Medicine

developed in ancient time not able to describe their experience in specific and scientific words

use metaphors

TCM

related to Chinese traditional philosophy based on

living and treating experience

sees the whole body as a macrocosm

the treatment focuses on make the whole body well

body with disease

Western Medicine

Difference of description concept

development of bacteriology

focus on the molecule structure, reaction mechanism

chemicals and industrial production --> more effective for killing bacteria

TCM

Difference in the ideology behind medicine

abstract in Chinese medicine

e.g. Evil Qi, essence,

meridians

specific in western medicine

e.g. hormones, neurotransmitters

integration of human and natural environment

medicine from natural environment

e.g.herbs

Qi in natural to regulate the Qi in our body

Different choices of medicine/drug

TCM

TCM

accumulated abundant human pharmacological information and experience

trials and error

Western Medicine

focus on the logic relationship, pathology, etiology

Hippocrates from ancient Greece raised the main idea of western medicine

Anatomy was founded by The Fabric of Human Body

Modern human physiology was founded by Motions of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings

Owe to the development of microscope,

the cell theory was founded.

It led to the foundation of bacteriology and immunology.

19th century, the clinic chemical examination was developed

Starts from direct clinical trials-->

-->symptoms -->error and trials -->

knowledge and theory --> drugs and formula -->

record the information -->

handed over to the next generation-->

systematic medical system

TCM

organism of plants or fungi that exist in the nature

e.g. ginseng

Western Medicine

drugs that are made by chemical industry

e.g. Aspirin

Western Medicine

“B to B”,

from bench to bedside

based on modern Science

e.g. Biology , Physics , Chemistry

experiments --> knowledge and theory --> drugs

Shang dynasty (1600–1100 BC)

Yin and yang

the sun-facing (yang),the shady (yin) side of a hill

universe and nature can be broken down into five elements : wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.

two thousands years ago

TCM was formed

Spring-Autumn and Warring States in China

The principle of TCM was first described in Yellow

Emperor’s Canon of Inner Medicine .

300 BC

The Classic of Herbal Medicine

It included 365 entries on herbs and their description.

1550

Li Shizhen wrote Bencao Gangmu.

more than 1800 drugs

nature and application of herbs

in disease treatment.

Difference in concept behind treatment

Example of interdependence of different systems in TCM

TCM

focus on the whole body and physique

the whole body and systems are interdependent.

Western medicine

focus on specific organ

Zangxiang theory

different organs are connected by jingluo and the change of organs can be reflected by the zangfu influence each other as well

liver opening at eye, so eye paining shows diseases of liver

heart opening at tongue, so tongue festering shows diseases of heart

lung opening at nose, kidney open on ear, spleen opening at mouth

TCM

harmonious interaction of these entities and the outside world

disease = a disharmony in interaction

systems in our body(wuzang) are interdependent

Integration of Human and Natural Environment

Human and the nature come from the same origin

Different therapeutic approaches under different

seasons, environments,constitutions and

individuals.

Difference in diagnosis method

Man can adapt himself to the seasons as the heaven and earth are his parents.

Western Medicine

Example of Same disease different treatment in TCM

TCM

individualized therapy

consider patients constitution

same disease different treatment /

different disease same treatment

Western Medicine

standardized therapy

same disease same treatment

Cold

People with a better body constitution : Drugs that pungent in flavor and cool in property to relieves the exterior syndrome

People with a weaker body constitution : strengthen body resistance and relieve exterior syndrome of cold

People with deficiency of vital energy (Qi) : focus on tonifying Qi

People with blood-insufficiency : focus on nourishment of the blood

People with yang deficiency : support the yang

People with yin deficiency : reinforce body fluid and nourish the blood.

Chinese medicine and western medicine are 2 distinct medical systems, how were the two systems form and what factors contribute to the difference?

Thank You

perceives body as a lot of physiological systems

focus on individual structure of the organ/

a specific malfunction part of our body.

Contribution

Lam Cheuk Yui: Prezi making, information research

Lin Yibo: Information research

Kam Hou Wang: Translation

Western Medicine

same disease = same type of pathogen -->same medicine

treatment bases on the diagnosis of diseases Two patients with certain keys, signs and symptoms are diagnosed as suffering from the same disease.

Lam Cheuk Yui (3035191169)

Lin Yibo (3035028128)

Kam Hou Wang (3035194656)

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