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Comparison and Contrast - Traditional
Chinese Medicine
and Western Medicine
（昆明理工大学建筑工程学院
建筑与土木工程
刘年东
2014710029
）
Abstract
traditional Chinese
Medicine and Western Medicine Chinese
medicine and western medicine are two
types of medical system that both
are
well-developed. They are quite different from each
other in many
respects.
Keywords
TCM;WMC
;Comparison; Medicine
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Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM)
Traditional Chinese Medicine
(
culture. It has made great
contributions to the prosperity of China. Today
both of TCM and western medicine are
being used in providing medical
and
health services in China. TCM, with its unique
diagnostic methods,
systematic
approach, abundant historical literature and
materials, has
attracted many
attentions from the international community. TCM
is well
recognized for its remarkable
effectiveness in off setting the side effect
caused by in China, TCM is under the
administration of State
administration
of TCM and Pharmacology. TCM and its development
are
regulated. National strategies, law
and regulations governing TCM are
now
in place to guide and promote the research and
development in this
promising TCM is
defined as a medical science governing
the theory and practice of traditional
Chinese medicine. It includes
Chinese
medication, pharmacology/herbalogy, acupuncture,
massage and
Qigong. the toxic and
chemical treatment of cancer cases in the western
medical system.
2 Comparison and contrast - TCM and WM
The
purpose
of
this
essay
is
to
contrast
the
differences
between
western medicine instead of traditional
Chinese three main
differences are
awareness,diagnosis and therapy.
2.1 Awareness
The most
notable difference between these two kinds of
medicines is
their awareness of human
disease and health. Western medicine has strict
logic
and
modern
instrument,
which
is
based
on
science
absolutely.
a
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medical
system
based
on
the
pathological
anatomy
basis,considers
that
pathological changes of organs lead to
disease,which has been developed
from
organization
organ
to
cells,molecules,or
even
DNA
like
allopathic medicine is
mainly focused on structures and materials. When
we think about the body from an
allopathic perspective, we think about
things that can be seen and quantified.
For example, when we think about
blood,
we
talk
about
white
cell
counts
or
hemoglobin
levels.
We
talk
about the material aspects of the
contrary, Chinese medicine is
much
more
perceptual,
in
which
many
theories
can’t
b
e
explained
by
ional
Chinese
medicine,a
kind
of
evidence-based
medicine,suggests that diseases are
caused by in harmony between human
body
and
the
environment
or
their
disequilibrium
between
internal
ore,
it
is
more
based
on
Chinese
philosophy
that
is
accumulated thousands of years.
2.2 Diagnosis
Contrasting both types of
medicines we notice another difference, the
diagnostic
n
medicine
diagnosis
takes
advantage
of
the
advanced
medical equipment and laboratory to make accurate
diagnosis
of
disease,
which
contain
the
main
five
approaches
of
interrogation,
physical
examination,
laboratory
inspection,
electrocardiography
and
medical
imaging
examination.
Instruments
play
a
great
role
in
western
medicine.
For
example,
to
diagnose
the
disease,
CT,
MRI
or
testing
instrument
may
be
used.
And
then,
to
cure
the
disease,
operation
or
radiotherapy may be
necessary. So we can see, doctors deal with
different
diseases in accordance with
their professional knowledge and experience,
as
well
as
the
inspection
lists.
Whereas,
TMC
supports
the
methods
of
syndrome differentiation and
treatment,which draw the conclusion about
body
problems
by
look,
smell,
ask,
cut.
TMC
emphasizes
that
the
symptoms
reflect
the
disease.
For
instance,
in
the
famous
Treatise
on
Cold Pathogenic and
Miscellaneous Diseases, hundreds of symptoms of
cold are described in detail, thus
offering different way to cure it. Doctors
rarely make the diagnosis with the help
of instruments, also the treatment
is
totally based on the traditional Chinese drugs.
TMC applies mild herb
and
noninvasive
acupuncture
which
cause
a
slow
recovery
but
a
negligible side effect.
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