Why is medicine so controversial?
The reason is that the theory is too profound: "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" is divided into two parts: "Lingshu" and "Suwen". It is the earliest medical classic in China and one of the four classics of traditional medicine (the other three are "Difficult Classic", "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", "Shen Nong's Materia Medica"). People in ancient times used the language habits of that time. It is difficult to verify the process of writing the book. They just borrowed the name of the Yellow Emperor. It is probably the result of the joint efforts of many generations. Due to the passage of time, many things have changed beyond recognition, which is related to the inheritance habits of traditional Chinese medicine.
"The Huangdi Neijing" established the "Yin-Yang and Five Elements Theory", "Pulse Theory", "Zangxiang Theory", "Meridian Theory" and "Cause of Disease Theory" in traditional Chinese medicine based on Huang-Lao Taoist theory. "Theory of pathogenesis", "disease", "diagnosis", "treatment", "health science", "luck science" and other theories. "It should be said that the starting point of Huangdi Neijing is very high, and it is mostly explained in metaphors. own views, so different schools have emerged based on this.
Why is Chinese medicine so controversial?
The reason is that the practical threshold is too low.
In ancient China, many scholars were admirers of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic. If you advance, you will save the world, if you retreat, you will save the people. If you cannot be a good minister, you should also be a good doctor. ——Zhang Zhongjing (inscription)
It can be said that the compassion of the ancients is almost a moral yardstick. Therefore, many scholars in that era knew some medical skills and could prescribe some prescriptions. They could not cure serious diseases but minor ones. Can be protected!
Traditional Chinese medicine is a very orthodox and systematic science, but its inheritance faces a very complicated reality!
In modern times, the status of doctors has not been high, and education has not been systematic. Western medicine has opened the door to China. The Western medical treatment methods brought by industrialization have almost an overwhelming advantage. Until modern times, this This state has lasted for many years, and society's view of traditional Chinese medicine is almost overwhelmingly disparaging. Many people have given examples to prove that traditional Chinese medicine is a pseudoscience.
However, with the improvement of living standards and the irrepressible development of drug resistance to Western medicine, people have returned to rational thinking about life. Health preservation has become a kind of common sense, and the health preservation theory of traditional Chinese medicine has been Recognized, especially the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Japan and South Korea, it has even gone global, almost with the momentum of returning home in glory!
Traditional Chinese medicine, this extensive and profound health care system, should be accepted by countless people in modern times. Traditional Chinese medicine has shown its confidence!
Today’s world belongs to China’s era, and traditional Chinese medicine will also be fully developed and recognized!