As my country’s traditional medicine, traditional Chinese medicine seems to be in decline. This is reflected in the fact that fewer and fewer people believe in traditional Chinese medicine, and fewer and fewer people take the initiative to learn traditional Chinese medicine and are willing to become a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. So why are more and more people doubting traditional Chinese medicine? In my opinion, there are mainly the following reasons. 1. The effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine varies from person to person. Some people are cured of their illnesses after taking the same medicine, while others have no effect at all. This makes people who have no effect after taking it suspicious. 2. The adverse effects of some traditional Chinese medicines are still unclear, so there may be cases where someone has serious adverse reactions after taking a certain traditional Chinese medicine. 3. Some parts of traditional Chinese medicine are indeed dregs and should be eliminated by the times, but some people still believe them to be true, which can easily lead to prejudice. What kind of medicine is traditional Chinese medicine?
Even if it is Chinese medicine, many people still don’t understand it. Many people who do not believe in traditional Chinese medicine think that traditional Chinese medicine is a liar and a magic medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine books are written randomly and have no basis. This statement is obviously biased against traditional Chinese medicine. Indeed, Chinese medicine has its own shortcomings, but it can still be absorbed and utilized by us. Traditional Chinese medicine should be counted as "empirical medicine". What is empirical medicine? It is the knowledge summarized by our ancestors based on some pathological experiences.
For example, in ancient times, doctors knew the usefulness of a medicine by constantly experimenting and giving it to people with different symptoms. If anyone had an effect after taking it, they would conclude that the medicine had a certain effect. A certain function, this is knowledge inferred based on experience. Due to the different levels of scientific development, our ancestors were unable to use chemical knowledge to know the chemical ingredients contained in each medicine. They could only prescribe medicine through repeated experiences. Therefore, this kind of empirical medicine is sometimes prone to mistakes. But being prone to making mistakes does not mean that Chinese medicine is useless. As long as it is used well, Chinese medicine is still very useful. The key lies in how we use it. What attitude should we adopt towards Chinese medicine?
It is definitely wrong to completely deny traditional Chinese medicine and belittle it as useless. The effects and functions of traditional Chinese medicine have been recognized by many people, and research on traditional Chinese medicine is in full swing, so we must Support the development of traditional Chinese medicine with hope. As a medicine that has been developed for thousands of years, the various experiences of traditional Chinese medicine can certainly be used by us. We can absorb the effective experience in traditional Chinese medicine and combine it with modern medicine. In this way, our medical technology can make great progress. Every kind of medicine has its mistakes. For example, Western medicine also had ridiculous treatment methods such as bloodletting at the beginning. However, by learning from experience and correcting mistakes, Western medicine is now developing very well. Therefore, we should not belittle ourselves and believe in Chinese medicine. Give Chinese medicine time to develop. I believe that Chinese medicine will develop better and better in the future. If you are interested in traditional Chinese medicine, then you should not listen to too many negative comments about traditional Chinese medicine. Those commentators do not know much about medicine themselves. They just like to be "keyboard warriors" and point out areas they do not understand.