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focused on particular part with disease and
exciting cause of the disease
disease of body
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
following the development of modern science,
especially anatomy and bacteriology
able to describe directly and specifically
--> linearity thought for western medicine.
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
developed in ancient time not able to describe their experience in specific and scientific words
use metaphors
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
development of bacteriology
focus on the molecule structure, reaction mechanism
chemicals and industrial production --> more effective for killing bacteria
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
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
“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.
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
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.
Man can adapt himself to the seasons as the heaven and earth are his parents.
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.
perceives body as a lot of physiological systems
focus on individual structure of the organ/
a specific malfunction part of our body.
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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.