Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine

Da-zhi Sun; Shao-dan Li; Yi Liu; Yin Zhang; Rong Mei; Ming-hui Yang

doi:10.1007/s11655-013-1435-5

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Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine

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- Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 19, Issue 9, Pages: 706-711(2013)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University,Shanghai,China
  2. Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, General Hospital,Beijing,China
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project (No. 20100480096)
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-013-1435-5
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- Published：2013，
  
  Published Online：24 August 2013，
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Sun, Dz., Li, Sd., Liu, Y. et al. Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 19, 706–711 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-013-1435-5

Da-zhi Sun, Shao-dan Li, Yi Liu, et al. Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 19(9):706-711(2013)
Sun, Dz., Li, Sd., Liu, Y. et al. Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 19, 706–711 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-013-1435-5 DOI：

Da-zhi Sun, Shao-dan Li, Yi Liu, et al. Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 19(9):706-711(2013) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-013-1435-5.

摘要

To explore advantages of Chinese medicine (CM) by analyzing differences in the origin of philosophy for human health between CM and Western medicine (WM). Methodologically

a distinctive feature of CM is its systems theory

which is also the difference between CM and WM. Since the birth of CM

it has taken the human body as a whole from the key concepts of “qi

blood

yin-yang

viscera (Zang-Fu)

and meridian and channel”

rather than a single cell or a particular organ. WM evolves from the Western philosophic way of thinking and merely uses natural sciences as the foundation. The development of WM is based on human structures

or anatomy

and therefore

research of WM is also based on the way of thinking of decomposing the whole human body into several independent parts

which is the impetus of promoting the development of WM. The core of CM includes the holistic view and the dialectical view. Chinese herbal medicines contain various components and treat a disease from multiple targets and links. Therefore

Chinese herbal medicines treat a diseased state by regulating and mobilizing the whole body rather than just regulating a single factor

since the diseased state is not only a problem in a local part of the body but a local reflection of imbalance of the whole body.

Abstract

To explore advantages of Chinese medicine (CM) by analyzing differences in the origin of philosophy for human health between CM and Western medicine (WM). Methodologically

a distinctive feature of CM is its systems theory

which is also the difference between CM and WM. Since the birth of CM

it has taken the human body as a whole from the key concepts of “qi

blood

yin-yang

viscera (Zang-Fu)

and meridian and channel”

or anatomy

and therefore

research of WM is also based on the way of thinking of decomposing the whole human body into several independent parts

Chinese herbal medicines treat a diseased state by regulating and mobilizing the whole body rather than just regulating a single factor

since the diseased state is not only a problem in a local part of the body but a local reflection of imbalance of the whole body.

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Chinese MedicineWestern Medicinephilosophy differencesintegration

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