Origin of Difference between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine and Its Influence on Integration of Both Medical Systems
- VernacularTitle:中西医差别之根源及其对中西医结合的影响
- Author:
Zhiyu WANG
;
Shuangqing ZHAI
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
integrated traditional and western medicine;
basic theory;
methodology;
cognition
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Through analyzing the role of people's cognition process in the formation of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) and Western medicine theory,and also the respective objective phenomena their theories constructed according to,the writer drew the conclusion that: the same cognition way was adopted in the formation of TCM and western medicine which reflected the relationship between objectives(phenomena) with the only difference of level,just the origin of the difference between TCM and Western medicine.This difference determined that the process of the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine actually is that of we make our research from the micro world to the macro one.