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| Comparative analysis of the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine |
| Hits 1634 Download times 5337 Received:January 07, 2011 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2011.02.30 |
| Key Words
traditional Chinese medicine;Yin and Yang;western medicine;Qi |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Ahmadu Peter Uchogu | Nigeria | | Bah Abdulai Jawo | Sierra Leone | | ZHONG Qiang-wei | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | | 李霖 | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China |
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| Abstract
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| The symptoms and signs are the leading factors in the treatment with western medicine.Western medicine has to determine what is not working in the body by examination and dissection and attempts to introduce some external,often synthetic,chemical compounds to compensate these failured function.TCM,on the other hand,asks why the body is not functioning properly and attempts to use individualized organic herbal prescription to rejuvenate and to restore the body to its natural state.In the medical field,both western and traditional Chinese medicine systems have their own distinct place.Some doctors believe that the greatest advantage of Western medicine is in its trauma care and therapies for acute problems,while Chinese medicine excels in the areas of chronic problems and preventive medicine.Recently,many practitioners have realized that both traditional Chinese and western medicines have their own merits and both medicines should be integrated in disease treatment. |
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