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CC BY 4.0 · Chinese medicine and natural products 2022; 02(02): e107-e111
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750320
Expert Perspective

Ancient Respected and Modern Absorbed, Chinese Essence and Western Utility—Thoughts of the Integrated Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

Xiaofa Liu
1   Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases, Hebei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
,
Diangui Li
1   Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases, Hebei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
,
Shengda Lu
2   Department of Digestion, Hebei Academy of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
› Institutsangaben Funding This work was supported by the National TCM Clinical Research Base Construction Project (Chinese medicine science and technology letter [2018] No. 131), National Key R & D Project (2018YFC1704100;2018YFC1704102), and the Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Program (21377724d; 21377740d)
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Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine are two medical systems formed in different cultural backgrounds. The differences between them are that TCM focuses on the study of the invisible state while Western medicine focuses more on the study of the visible state of the human body; TCM pays attention to systematicity and integrity, while Western medicine pays attention to local evidence; TCM attaches importance to dialectical thinking, while Western medicine attaches importance to materialistic thinking. For the development of TCM, it is necessary to take the initiative to learn from and absorb all the advanced scientific and technological achievements in the world today. To innovate TCM, it is necessary to need to adhere to (1) the integration of “research on TCM with the thought of TCM ” and “research on TCM based on the thought of Western medicine”; (2) the integration of scientization of TCM and scientization for TCM; (3) the integration of mobilization therapy and allopathic therapy; (4) the integration of treating patients and treating diseases; (5) the integration of preventive treatment and existent disease treatment; (6) the integration of individuality and commonality; and (7) the integration of the macro and the micro.

Keywords

integrated Chinese medicine and Western medicine - TCM - Chinese essence and Western utility - theoretical innovation

Credit Authorship Contribution Statement

Xiaofa Liu: Conceptualization, formal analysis, and writing—original draft. Diangui Li: Conceptualization, methodology, funding acquisition, supervision, and writing—review & editing. Shengda Lu: Collection of relevant literature, and writing—review & editing.




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Eingereicht: 20. Dezember 2021

Angenommen: 02. Februar 2022

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
22. August 2022

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