A modernized new medicine that integrates Chinese and western medicine under the guidance of the core concepts of traditional:theoretical reflections and preliminary practices in constructing a hybrid medical system
10.3969/j.issn.1008-9691.2024.04.001
- VernacularTitle:中国更需要传统中医核心理念指引下中西医结合的现代化新医学
- Author:
Qiang WANG
1
;
Yuning QIN
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学附属北京天坛医院重症医学科,北京 100050
- Keywords:
Integration of Chinese and western medicine;
Cooperation between Chinese and western medicine;
Modernization of Chinese medicine;
Westernization of Chinese medicine;
Abolition of medicine and storage of medicine;
Real-world study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care
2024;31(4):385-395
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In China,the coexistence and collaboration of Chinese and western medicine has long been a fundamental reality,reflected in both practice and policy.Currently,the Communist Party of China(CPC)and the Chinese government are actively promoting traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).Then,it is particularly important to explore what kind of combination of Chinese and western medicine is needed in China.In this paper,the author,as a clinician,based on his practical experience and theoretical reflection,proposes that the combination of Chinese and western medicine in China should be guided by the core concepts of Chinese medicine,under which the modernization of Chinese medicine should be carried out to keep pace with the times,and ultimately presented as a kind of medicine that abandons the old and seeks the new.Chinese and western medical practitioners have their logic of practice and technical characteristics and should understand their strengths and weaknesses and strive to complement each other's strengths.Chinese medicine should have firm cultural confidence,but at the same time,it must be modernized and keep up with the times.Realizing the integration of Chinese and western medicine is a long-term process with stages and levels,and requires national support and institutional guarantee.Individual clinicians can begin to recognize and practice the integration of Chinese and western medicine on their own.In terms of the overall development of medicine,it is recommended to realize the so-called"modernization of Chinese medicine"through the integration of Chinese and western medicine,which includes the use of the core concepts of Chinese medicine to guide the application of various modern medical tools in the ways of fulfilling medical social responsibilities(e.g.,the system of medical practice,the way of passing on knowledge,the way of communication,the way of evaluating the efficacy of treatments,the way of scientific research and public health,etc.),as well as the borrowing and integrating of the development model of the medical industry.The real integration of TCM and western medicine in the future will inevitably be a rebirth of traditional TCM and western medicine,and even science.
