中国传统医药
1970-1
五洲传播出版社
廖育群
131
In ancient Chinese civilization, astronomy, mathematics, agriculture and medicine were the four advanced sciences. Among them, medicine is the only one that has never been replaced by Western science and still plays an important role in protecting the health of Chinese people. How traditional Chinese medicine, a classic system of medicine without any connection with modern science, can still exist in spite of the fact that modern medicine can basically meet the need of healthcare？ Is traditional Chinese medicine a science or just a collection of experience？ Does it still have the possibility and space to further develop itself along its own orbit？ Is there any possibility that it may be replaced by modern medicine？ These are the questions frequently being asked.
ForewordApproach to Traditional Chinese MedicineRecognition of TCMThe Thinking Style of TCMThe Formation and Variation of TraditionUnderstanding TCMThe Classics of TCMHuang Di Nei ring (Yellow Emperors Canon of Medicine)Huang Di Ba Shi Yi Nan ring (Yellow Emperors Canon On Eighty-One Difficult Issues)Shen Nong Ben Cao ring (Agriculture Gods Canon of Materia Medica)Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases)Compilation of Book and Development into CanonBasic Theory of TCMThe Theories of Yin-Yang and Wu XingViscera and Their ManifestationsChannels and CollateralsEtiologyDiagnosticsInternal and External Therapies of TCMAcupuncture and MoxibustionPrescriptionsTreatment of Both the Internal and the ExternalKnowledge of Materia MedicaEstablishment of the Theory of Materia MedicaImportant Books on Materia MedicaPharmacological StudiesDrug Administration and MarketProcessing of HerbsStory about GinsengStories about Famous Doctors in HistoryBian QueZhang Zhongjing and Hua TuoWang Shuhe and Huang FumiSun SimiaoThe Four Great Schools in the Jin and Yuan DynastiesZhang JingyueYe TianshiWang QingrenTCM and Life CultivationLife Cultivation in the Four SeasonsIntegration of Food and MedicinesSports and HealthEmotions and DiseasesInheritance and Development of Modem TCMTo Establish a Standard System for TCMDevelopment and Innovation of TCM in Clinical UseTo Integrate TCM with Western Medicine and Encourage the Modernization of TCMTCM Going to the WorldAppendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties
Since it was established at a time without the support of advanced science, how can TCM survive in todays society when modern health care is almost able to cover all the medical needs？ Is TCM a science or cumulative experiences？ Is it able to go further along its own path of development, or is it meant to be replaced by mainstream Western medicine? Questions like these concern many people. In most peoples eyes, TCM is a medicinal system that dates back several thousand years, and its theories, experiences and techniques Western medicine is spreading across the country, its new system, which is greatly contradictory to that of TCM, takes turns to dominate the academy. It was known as a “revolution" in Chinese medical community. If fact, if we pay close attention, we will find a revolution in the history of TCM itself. After many big and small revolutions, todays Chinese medicine has become "contemporary TCM,” which greatly differs from TCM in ancient times. So sharing a same region does not exclude changes.
