The Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

The traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine are both of significance in the field of medicine,and we cannot simply say which is better.But they have many differences in the origin,the methods to diagnose and the therapeutic effects. Firstly, everything must have a beginning, so do traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine.The traditional Chinese medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing the theoretical concepts which are based on a tradition of more than 2000 year in China, including various forms of herbal medicine、acupuncture and dietary therapy.While western medicine based on the pathology,physiology and microbiology for a microscopic investigation including several types of pill injection,surgery and surgical operation vaccination.As we know,one's character determines one's destiny.And the different origins result in people's total different attitude toward the two branches of medicine. More and more people pay more attention to the western medicine instead of traditional Chinese medicine because of the powerful and convincing medical experiments. Secondly, they use different methods to diagnose the disease.A Chinese doctor examines his patient by using method like observing,smelling,asking and feeling.So the Chinese doctor determines the problems of the patients' internal organs by inference through observing various exterior signs,such as the complexion or the tongue. However a western doctor relies on symptoms or evidence like body temperature and CT,which are the main basis of diagnose.And the western doctor make his judgment correct by examining external symptoms. Thirdly,owing to the different origins and methods to diagnose,the traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine may have different therapeutic effects.The western medicine is always apply for the patients who have acute diseases that can eradicate through surgery treatment,such as the intestinal obstruction.On the contrary, the