Traditional Chinese medicine exists because of need

Traditional Chinese medicine is one of China's precious cultural and technological heritage As early as the founding of the people's Republic of China, the CPC Central Committee has formulated a series of policies: "unite Chinese and Western medicine, give full play to the power of traditional Chinese medicine, and serve the people's health cause", "we should vigorously call on and organize western medicine to learn traditional Chinese medicine, and sort out the medical heritage of the motherland" In 1982, the National People's Congress even included the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Article 21 of the constitution Since then, any attempt or wishful thinking to wipe out traditional Chinese medicine and ban traditional Chinese medicine by improper means can be regarded as unconstitutional In 1985, the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee pointed out in the decision on health work that "TCM and Western medicine should be placed on the same important position On the one hand, TCM is the unique feature and advantage of China's medical and health undertakings TCM must not be lost, but be preserved and developed; on the other hand, we must actively use advanced science and technology and modern means to promote the development of TCM Development We should adhere to the principle of integrating traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, cooperate with each other, learn from each other's strengths and make full use of each other's strengths " In 2003, the State Council officially promulgated the regulations of the people's Republic of China on Chinese medicine, which reflects the great importance and support of the party and the government for the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, and marks that traditional Chinese medicine has since stepped onto a new height of comprehensive management according to law The protection of traditional Chinese medicine in policy is the result of deliberate and scientific consideration In the long history, traditional Chinese medicine has saved Li Yuan from fire and water again and again, and protected the healthy and prosperous reproduction of Chinese descendants for thousands of years Its advantages in many epidemic diseases, chronic diseases and health care and prevention can be seen all over the world Therefore, in today's increasingly complex environment and uncertain health situation, the reality of the need for traditional Chinese medicine is beyond doubt With the development of society, a series of problems, such as environmental pollution, imbalance of ecological balance, proliferation of medical and drug-related diseases, aging of population, change of disease spectrum and so on, are becoming increasingly prominent and urgent In such a bad situation, o.l Engel, a professor of psychiatry and internal medicine at the school of medicine, University of Rochester, published an article entitled "the need for a new medical model - the challenge to biomedicine" in the journal Science in 1977, criticizing the limitations of modern medicine, that is, biomedical model, pointing out that this model has gained the status of dogma, and cannot Explain and solve all medical problems Therefore, he proposed a new medical model, that is, biological psychological social medical model In the process of the transformation from biomedical model to modern new medical model, it is found that the model of traditional Chinese medicine almost coincides with the modern biological psychological social medical model in essence, which clearly emphasizes and contains all basic aspects of human health and disease as a whole There is no doubt that traditional Chinese medicine, which is based on the overall concept to comprehensively consider the physical, mental and external environment of human body, has a strong advantage in solving human health problems Therefore, more and more people are aiming at the traditional Chinese medicine, which symbolizes "harmony and green" Modern medicine needs traditional Chinese medicine to fill the gap In history, modern medicine has had brilliant achievements In the 20th century, with the invention of a series of antibiotics, vitamins, antibiotics and hormones of "three swordsmen of modern medicine" seem to be invincible They have worked together to create a blue sea and blue sky for human health This exciting scene was once described by Lewis Thomas, a world-famous physician and science writer, in his famous work jellyfish and snail (1979), "now, bacteria can be killed with antibiotics, viruses can be prevented with vaccines, cancer can be treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and will soon be conquered The American people, who enjoy perfect health care benefits, are facing the problem of "annoying people", just how to deal with chronic cases, such as the suffering of arthritis, and how to die without disease in a hundred years " That's exciting for the modern medical community However, at a time when the modern medical community was very happy, the first AIDS in the United States in 1980 brought the arrogant human back to its original form Up to now, AIDS has swept the world; all kinds of new and old infectious diseases are still rushing around; cancer is still the number one killer; chronic diseases are also gripping human beings In this case, the treatment of simple confrontation is more and more like a meaningless tug of war, a large number of human and material resources are consumed in the stomach of disease resistance, and can not be exchanged for long-term stability In the process of dealing with diseases, we should not have monotonous ways and single means What modern medicine lacks is precisely the concept of harmony that traditional Chinese medicine stresses Harmony and confrontation, as different medical means, should be interwoven with progress and mutual promotion of public stability like the double stranded helix of DNA, so as to maintain health as comprehensively as possible Medical tasks need the advantages of prevention and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine In terms of medicine, we should carry out the medical tasks of "health care" and "recovery"; in terms of solving human health problems, medicine should focus on health care rather than treatment recovery But the modern way of doing things is usually putting the cart before the horse It is precisely because of this that the endless waste of medical resources and the endless game of disease resistance in health are caused It's obvious that it's better to take the initiative to prevent diseases rather than to pursue them passively But it's not easy to do so Fortunately, more and more ordinary people, even experts and scholars have begun to realize this and gradually change medical concepts, improve medical models, or even directly accept TCM as a whole Only the medicine that pays attention to health care is the complete medicine that can be sustainable development, and will not fall into the internal friction of "one thousand enemies, eight hundred self damage" Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) advocates prevention before disease, and has developed for thousands of years Therefore, its advantages in health care are undoubted Under the guidance of this thought, its macro and comprehensive health care advantages will be the first choice in the future implementation of medical tasks Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will play a brilliant role in the future health field All in all, the existence of traditional Chinese medicine is the embodiment of people's health needs First of all, it has achieved great results in some diseases Second, its medical model is more advanced and comprehensive, and it has advantages in health care These determine the necessity of its existence The author once said more than once: Traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine are not one of the past, one of the modern, not a relationship to replace the other, but an inclusive relationship Modern medicine should accept and have the content of traditional Chinese medicine In many cases, it should even take the content of traditional Chinese medicine as the leading role Traditional Chinese medicine is traditional, but also modern It has a long history and infinite vitality It exists because of needs, and it will be even greater because of existence.