POLS 3620Comparison of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

09051694 LI Youzhi, Yugi

09017143 Tsang Wing Cheong, Randy

How do they perceive Traditional Chiense Medicine

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Keyword Superstitious Not scientific Religious Old ingredient, use herbs Different diagnose system (eg. look at the

color of tongue) Taker longer time for the effect to take place Preventative medicine

How do they perceive Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Western Medicine

Modern Western Medicine

Ancient

Philosophy

religious

Traditional Chinese Medicine

philosophy

YinYang

Five Phases (WuXing)

Qi

Different perspectives

Integration

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Western medicine: a combination understanding of different doctrines during ancient time Ancient Greek (started from 3000BC)

Similar to Chinese Medicine in understanding the nature of human

There is a mixture of philosophy, religions and medicine Empeddocles: four natural elements

earth 土 , air 氣 , water 水 and fire 火 four characteristic:

dry 乾 , cold 冷 , hot 熱 , humid 濕 Hippocrates, Galen

Humoral theory Blood, mucus, black bile, yellow bile

What is Western Medicine ?Ancient Western Medicine

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Asckeplius (God of Heal)

What is Western Medicine ?Religious background

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Christian view Emphasize on the power of faith to cure

disease Shrines of saints and martyrs were

clinics Priest as a doctor Religions didn’t deny the use of

medicine Building hospitals In medieval time, churches could provide medicine

Religious

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After the development of natural science, there is a spilt of medicine and religions

It became a study in university studying

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Divided into different categories Physical and mental

Development of studies and treatment Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, etc. Physiotherapy, Cardiology, From pray to pill and surgery

Relationship of Medicine and Society

Western Medicine: theory could teach us what can be done to solve the problem; there is one way go and one way out

Modern Western Medicine

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Taoism asserts that everything is defined in the unity of opposites, namely Yin and Yang.

Yang conducts change and Yin brings it up. Therefore everything is interconnected and

unbreakable.

Traditional Chinese MedicnePhilosophy: Yin-yang ( 陰陽 )

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Yin-yang ( 陰陽 )

Yin ( 陰 ) Yang ( 陽 )•Yin consists blood and all other fluids in the body.

•Yin is moistening, cooling and nurturing.

•Yang is the body’s transformative capacity, especially its ability to generate and maintain warmth. •It provides warmth, activity, libido, appetite, digestion and assimilation.

Yin is the material basis for the transforming power of Yang.

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Five Phases wu xing (五行 )

The human body, like matter in general, is made up of five elements.

The Five elements represent the tangible activities of Yin and Yang as manifested in the cyclic changes of nature which regulate life on earth.

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Qi ( 氣 ) “Animating life-force

energy” Qi flows through the body

along channels called meridians(經絡 ).

In the TCM model of health and disease, when Qi flow is blocked or stagnated, it caused illness.

Myocardial Infarction [MI] (Heart Attack)

TCM Western Medicine

Causes Obstruction of vein and weak in Qi (氣 )

Obstruction of the blood

supply to the heart muscle

Treatment NO SOLUTION for the acute(急性 ) attack

Surgery attempts to as possible and to prevent further complications as soon as possible.

Notes Preventable but not curable

• Doing surgeries could be the most effective way to save the emergency patient.

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Cancer

TCM Western Medicine

Causes No this disease titled “cancer” therefore the causes are uncertain

Carcinogens (致癌物 ) including chemicals and radiation

Treatment Recuperate patient’s whole body system to let himself fight the tumor

Aiming at killing tumor cells or stopping tumor growth:

Physical removal + radiotherapy

Side-effect Very long-term treatment procedure

Normal cells are killed at the same time

Notes “Live with tumor” Ease the tumor cell as much as possible

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CONCLUSIONAND FUTURE INTEGRATION

Integration of Traditional and Western Medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine Patent

Prescription (中成藥 ) Internationalization of Traditional

Chinese Medicine Affirmation of the Chinese medicine in

supportive care Use of Acupuncture in Germany: 77% Legislation of Traditional Chinese Medicine in

Australia FDA has sought for advice about the making of

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SARS

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