Foreword: China's national cultural heritage has always been highly valued, especially in traditional Chinese medicine, whether it is in the revolutionary war period or in the peaceful years of New China, he has always insisted on believing in and promoting the use of traditional Chinese medicine, and has never changed this proposition.
China has made three major contributions to the world, the first of which is the ...... of traditional Chinese medicineThis is ***'s praise for Chinese medicine, although it is slightly joking, but it fully reflects his unique feelings for Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine has made significant contributions to the revolutionary cause. As early as 1913, the young *** wrote in his notes: "Chinese and Western medicine have their own strengths. Chinese dialect pulse, Western dialect experiment.
However, the theory of qi and pulse in Chinese medicine is too subtle for ordinary people to understand, and it often falls into illusory conditions. Western medicine, on the other hand, focuses too much on specific substances, resulting in neglect of the essence, and both types of medicine have their own biases. ”
This is the earliest discourse we have found about Chinese and Western medicine. He found that although Chinese medicine is difficult to understand, it has a remarkable effect; Although Western medicine has a remarkable effect, it ignores the fundamentals.
In the era of fire, Chinese medicine also made great contributions to China's revolutionary cause.
FigThe Chinese herbal medicine ward of the Red Army Hospital in Jinggangshan ** once instructed: "Once you fight, there will be a group of wounded. In order to better improve the wounded and sick, we must pay full attention to the two methods of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. ”
In the Red Army Hospital in Jinggangshan, there are both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and many of these internal diseases are handled through traditional Chinese medicine, mainly using homemade Chinese herbal medicines.
** Zeng said: "Considering the lack of medical resources in the base area, we must make full use of the role of traditional Chinese medicine. Only by giving full play to the value of Chinese medicine can the enemy not be able to blockade us. ”
At that time, Chinese herbal medicine, with its medicinal value that could not be underestimated, saved countless Red Army soldiers and helped the Red Army survive those extremely difficult revolutionary years. Later, with the arrival of the Red Army's Long March in Yan'an, the harsh environmental climate in northern Shaanxi caused *** to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, and he couldn't lift his entire arm during the attack, and he took a lot of Western medicine but had no effect.
FigOne day, Li Dingming, an enlightened gentleman and a famous Chinese medicine doctor, made a special trip to Yangjialing to visit the first pulse and ask for a diagnosis, and confidently said: "The chairman can rest assured that he can be cured by taking only four pairs of Chinese medicine." ”
At that time, the contradiction between Chinese and Western medicine was acute, and the Western doctors around him collectively opposed the chairman's use of Chinese medicine. However, the chairman insisted on taking the four pairs of Chinese medicine prescribed by Li Dingming. Sure enough, the pain disappeared after taking it, and the arm moved freely, so I personally experienced the miraculous curative effect of Chinese medicine.
After that, the chairman recommended Li Dingming to treat the Eighth Route Army, and traditional Chinese medicine became an important part of the Eighth Route Army's medical treatment. Not only that, Li Dingming also trained a large number of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and was active in various units to treat front-line soldiers**, making great contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
In the long history of China, traditional Chinese medicine, as a traditional treasure of the Chinese nation, has a history of thousands of years and is an extremely valuable asset of China. In order to protect and develop traditional Chinese medicine, the chairman has repeatedly stressed its importance, believing that it will be our sin if Chinese medicine is allowed to continue to decline.
As a result, he actively advocated for the collation of TCM books to prevent them from going out of print. In 1955, the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established by convening famous doctors across the country, which greatly improved the political status of Chinese medicine and pointed out the direction for the development of Chinese medicine.
Although TCM education has experienced many discrimination and devastation in modern times, and even in 1922, when Beiyang** implemented a series of education programs, TCM was excluded from the formal education system, triggering the protest movement of modern TCM, we believe that TCM will be able to rejuvenate in the new era.
In Chinese history, Chinese medicine has suffered a heavy blow. During the national ** period, it was proposed to abolish the old medicine, believing that Chinese medicine had no scientific basis. With the advent of Western medicines such as antibiotics, Chinese medicine has been challenged in terms of acute infectious diseases and infectious diseases.
In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, people's attitudes towards traditional Chinese medicine were polarized, with some people believing that traditional Chinese medicine was unscientific and unhygienic, while others mystified traditional Chinese medicine, believing that it did not need to be sorted out and studied by modern science.
These problems made Chinese medicine not develop in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. So, where should Chinese medicine go? How do we recognize and use it?
This is undoubtedly a major practical problem facing the Communist Party of China.
FigLi Dingming and Lin Boqu took a photo during the Yan'an period, ** consulted Li Dingming on the development of traditional Chinese medicine. ** Asked: "Some Western doctors in Yan'an now look down on traditional Chinese medicine, how do you think the medical industry in the border area should develop?" ”
Li Dingming replied: "Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have their own advantages, and only by uniting and working together can we make progress together. * agrees, emphasizing the need for a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. In terms of learning methods, ** believes that the method of Chinese medicine with apprentices is very good, while teaching theoretical knowledge, while practicing operations, theory and practice are perfectly integrated, this teaching method is very advanced, and there are few "waste products" for students, and the statement that "famous teachers produce high apprentices" is not groundless, because they understand the close connection between theory and practice when they are students.
Under the influence of the idea of the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region took the lead in carrying out the activities of traditional Chinese medicine to learn from Western medicine, many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are humble to learn from Western medicine, Lu Zhijun, medical director and director of surgery of the Eighth Route Army General Hospital, once worshipped the old Chinese medicine Ren Zuotian as a teacher, learning acupuncture knowledge.
In the early days of the People's Republic of China, Chinese medicine faced a serious crisis. Due to the two-for-tat ideas, the policy of integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine has not been well implemented and implemented.
It is difficult for traditional Chinese medicine to meet the excessively high and rapid requirements, and the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine cannot be fully recognized. This situation has led to the gradual abolition of traditional Chinese medicine, from the city to the countryside, and from the countryside to natural obsolescence.
However, in the face of this chaos, ** reacted quickly. In 1954, he corrected: "The contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to the people of our country is enormous, China has a population of 600 million, is the most populous country in the world, the reason why the people of Chinese can multiply and prosper day by day, of course, there are many reasons, but health care has played a very important role in it, and this aspect should be attributed to Chinese medicine first." ”
Historically, Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years, while Western medicine has only been introduced to China for a few decades. Despite this, to this day, more than 500 million Chinese still rely on Chinese medicine for disease diagnosis and treatment, while only tens of millions rely on Western medicine.
Therefore, we cannot ignore the contribution and merits of TCM, nor can we ignore the contempt and rejection of TCM. We must implement the instructions on the unity of Chinese and Western medicine, solve the problem of true unity of Chinese and Western medicine, and correct this mistake.
Soon after, the major hospitals in major cities began to actively absorb traditional Chinese medicine to participate in the work, and set up traditional Chinese medicine outpatient clinics and traditional Chinese medicine beds, from the first to the local health institutions, also absorbed famous traditional Chinese medicine to participate in the leadership work and set up a special traditional Chinese medicine management organization, greatly improving the political status of traditional Chinese medicine.
Fig**Inspecting the rural health work in Sichuan*** once said: "We should learn from foreign advanced things, but we should not copy them rigidly, but we should study our own things and find out the laws in them."
For example, in medicine, we should not only learn from Western scientific methods, but also study traditional Chinese medicine and develop new Chinese medicine. We must not just accept foreign things, but combine them with our own, rather than mechanically applying foreign things. ”
**'s words profoundly reveal the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine - accepting and integrating foreign things, such as traditional Chinese medicine Fat Dahai, although it is imported, has been accepted by traditional Chinese medicine and is widely used.
Therefore, the development of TCM needs to be eclectic and learn from others. These words pointed out the direction for the development of Chinese medicine in China.
Fig**Concern and support for the cause of traditional Chinese medicine. In 1958, ** visited the Anhui Provincial Museum to inspect the planning of schistosomiasis prevention and control, and said, "Chairman, you have also won!" ”
**Not only concerned about the development of traditional Chinese medicine, but also has deep exchanges with many traditional Chinese medicine experts. At the Qingdao Conference in the summer of 1957, ** caught a cold due to swimming and was accompanied by insomnia, and his condition became increasingly serious.
The accompanying health care practitioner did not work well with Western medicines**. After learning the news, Shu Tong, secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, recommended Dr. Liu Huimin, a well-known local traditional Chinese medicine doctor, to see a doctor for him.
Dr. Liu Huimin used some more cautious and toxic herbs from other doctors and prescribed a plan for ***.
FigLiu Huimin - a famous Chinese medicine doctor in Yishui *** caught a cold, and everyone decided to ask Liu Huimin for diagnosis and treatment. Liu Huimin prescribed a prescription for a cold, but the medicine had to be taken by Secretary Shu Tong's wife to go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, decoct the medicine herself, and watch the chairman drink it.
Secretary Shu agreed, and the couple promised that if anything went wrong, they would be responsible. Although he was unwell, *** said that since Comrade Shu Tong vouched, he was not afraid.
In this way, under the special background, Shu Tong's wife Shi Lan has become a special person who grabs and boils medicine for ***.
After three days, the cold symptoms of ** disappeared completely, and his sleep improved a lot, and he was very satisfied with Dr. Liu Huimin's prescription. When drinking the medicine, ** asked Shi Lan what is the role of sour jujube kernels in the prescription and why do they need to be mixed and mashed raw and cooked.
Shi Lan explained with a smile that the sour jujube kernels in northern Shaanxi are the best, and when you were in Yan'an, Yangjialing, where you lived, was full of sour jujube trees. We often pick some sour dates and put them in our pockets to eat as fruits.
Sour jujube kernels can be eaten raw to refresh the mind, cooked can calm the nerves, and raw and cooked mixed into medicine, which can play two roles at the same time and balance the central nervous system. Therefore, not only will your cold be cured, but your sleep will also be improved, which is the wisdom of Dr. Liu's medication.
After hearing this, the chairman laughed and said to Shu Tong: "Look at how detailed your wife is, you can change her career to become a doctor in the future!" In November of the same year, ** was invited to Moscow to attend the congress of the Communist Party and the Workers' Party of various countries, and Dr. Liu Huimin was also designated as a health care doctor and went to Moscow with ***.
Liu Huimin had a cold and was asked how to explain "on fire". After Liu Huimin explained to *** with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, ** didn't understand. Liu Huimin replied: "After learning Western medicine and then speaking in Chinese medicine, the chairman will understand." ”
**After listening to it, I said happily that the key is to learn Chinese medicine from Western medicine. **Undergoing acupuncture**Cataract is the most exciting, and it is performed by the doctor.
At the end of 1974, ** was diagnosed with senile cataracts and was almost blind in both eyes. In order to solve this problem, it was decided that the famous ophthalmologist Tang Youzhi would rely on his traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and extraction skills
Acupuncture, originated from the traditional Chinese "golden needle extraction method", has been lost in the folk, but it has been inherited and carried forward by the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, combined with Western medicine, the innovation of acupuncture and extraction, specifically for senile cataract mature or close to mature patients.
This is a simple operation, short time, small wound and fast recovery, especially suitable for patients who are old and frail, not suitable for other cataract surgery, or patients with other chronic diseases.
On July 23, 1975, ***, who was still optimistic in his later years, happily accepted the operation after listening to Tang Youzhi's explanation of improving and innovating cataract surgery methods.
Before the operation, he deliberately played his favorite classical song "Man Jianghong", and his heart rate and blood pressure were normal throughout the operation, and the operation went smoothly.
Although he needed to rest for a few days after the operation to read books and newspapers, he was busy reading books after only one day, and Tang Youzhi couldn't persuade him. After reading the book for a while, ** really felt uncomfortable in his eyes, so he stopped and said with a smile: "Tang Youzhi, our argument, you have won!" ”
As he spoke, ** also stretched out his right hand and made a "V" shaped victory gesture. After Tang Youzhi saw it, he smiled and said, "Chairman, you have also won!" Because you advocate the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, the cataract surgery we performed for the chairman today was successfully completed under the guidance of this idea. ”
** smiled knowingly after listening to it.
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