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Is TCM scientific? It has been a subject of debate for nearly 100 years. In fact, if it weren't for "Pride and Prejudice", it would not be difficult to prove it.
First, practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Chinese herbal medicine has existed for thousands of years, and even in the West before the 18th century, Chinese herbal medicine was used to treat diseases. Without Chinese herbal medicine, would there be a billion people in the world now? Isn't it also a big question that Professor Wang, who posted the article, exists today?
If you've ever had chickens, cats, or dogs, you'll find them looking for flowers and plants to eat from time to time, you know? This is the instinct inherited from all animals for generations: to prevent and cure their own diseases.
Second, let's further analyze, what is the difference between Chinese herbal medicine and Western medicine? Take a look at the image below.
It can be seen that, fundamentally, there is no essential difference: the raw materials of Western medicine are all from nature. Western medicine is the extraction of a certain active ingredient from various substances in nature, and then synthesized by chemical methods.
Note: The "active ingredients" of Western medicine* are the refinement of "various substances in nature", in other words, without Chinese herbal medicine, there would be no Western medicine. So, what is the denial of Chinese herbal medicine? Forget your ancestors!
Science has long proven that everything that is man-made is likely to have some element of anti-nature. For example, out-of-season fruits and vegetables can be harmful to the human body. The same is true for Western medicine. Although Chinese herbal medicine is also toxic, it is much less than that of Western medicine, and this is the reason.
I have heard that Wangche is the philosophical "seeing the essence through the phenomenon", from the surface to the inside, from this to the other, this is also a problem? Of course, Western medicine is tested by advanced equipment, which is the most worthy of reference from Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has never denied Western medicine and Western medicine, is this kind of "everyone's demeanor" and "general's demeanor" of Chinese medicine worthy of learning from Western medicine? The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine complements each other. Even school teachers often say: Isn't it a pleasure to learn from each other and make progress together?
Keen on involution, it is usually the work of villains. And the so-called pattern, first of all, isn't it "inclusive of all rivers"?