“That’s a difficult question to answer!”
Hearing the questions asked by the students below, Jiang Yuanbei turned around and whispered to Qu Tongwen and Ji Fengwen beside him.
"Um!"
Qu Tongwen nodded: "On this issue, most clinical practitioners are specious and confused. It is precisely because of this ignorance that so many Western doctors prescribe Chinese medicine indiscriminately, and so many Chinese medicine doctors prescribe Western medicine indiscriminately."
Many mistakes made by doctors are actually caused by ignorance. Even though there are unscrupulous doctors in this world, most doctors will not or dare not easily cause any serious consequences.
Doctors are a bit unscrupulous and they are just looking for money. Most people want to make money on a stable basis. Unless the benefits reach a certain level, few people are willing to take risks.
In actual clinical practice, some Western doctors prescribe Chinese medicine or Chinese patent medicine, and some Chinese medicine doctors prescribe Western medicine. Most of them do not intend to harm the patients, but because they do not understand the medicine themselves and think that the medicine may be effective.
And this kind of ignorance is actually the most terrifying.
Only when you truly understand can you restrain yourself, but ignorance will not restrain you.
Only those who understand will be afraid, but the ignorant will not.
Even if you point your finger at his nose and question him, he may still refute you with confidence, and even think that you are trying to refute Lu Dongbin.
"Please sit down!"
Yun Heng politely asked the student who asked the question to sit down before saying, "This question actually has two factors. First, the drugs used in modern medicine are mostly simple. Basically, all Western medicine drugs, whether chemical drugs or other drugs, have been purified and extracted. Even if they are extracted from Chinese herbal medicines, they are actually only extracting certain components from the Chinese herbal medicine."
"As for traditional Chinese medicine, take decoctions for example. The various medicinal ingredients in them haven't been purified. While some medicines have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, they also have the side effect of being bitter and cold and damaging the stomach. If you don't make a clinical judgment and only use a certain effect of a certain decoction, it can easily cause additional damage."
Yun Heng paused, took a breath, and continued, "The second factor is that the goals are different. As I said earlier, Chinese medicine and Western medicine have different perspectives and target different methods..."
Yun Heng paused for a moment before continuing, "I just met a patient yesterday who had an acute attack of gallstones. At the time, the patient's family had intended to send him for surgery, but later someone recommended that he be sent to our West Asia Hospital."
"Everyone knows that the most common treatment for gallstones is surgery, but in Traditional Chinese Medicine, gallstones are classified as rib pain..."
"Rib pain is often caused by emotional distress and overeating fatty foods, and gallstones are just one type of rib pain. To be more specific, based on the patient's pulse and symptoms, I diagnosed the patient with emotional distress, which led to depression, which in turn turned into fire and boiled up bile, causing gallstones."
"So in this case, if we simply rely on surgery to remove the stones without investigating the cause, the patient's gallstones will still recur, and it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
"For the same symptom, both Chinese medicine and Western medicine have symptomatic treatments. We can't generalize. But if we use Chinese medicine's dialectical approach during diagnosis, we must use Chinese medicine's methods to treat it. This way, we won't... well, cause accidental injuries!"
"If the goal of both Chinese and Western medicine is to destroy the enemy, then the weapons they use are different. If everyone is fighting hand-to-hand, but you're bombing with airplanes, even if you can destroy the enemy, you're bound to hurt your teammates."
At this point, Yun Heng paused, his voice rising considerably. "In my opinion, whether it's Western medicine prescribing Chinese medicine or Chinese medicine prescribing Western medicine, they're both abusing weapons. They don't know whether they're holding a sword or a gun, and they charge in recklessly. Sometimes, not only will they injure ten thousand enemies but eight thousand of their own, but they might also lose their entire army before the enemy is eliminated."
"Well said!"
Ji Fengwen stood behind and said softly, "Good." Although Yun Heng's statement was not very rigorous, it did explain the difference between Chinese and Western medicine to some extent, especially the drawbacks of Western doctors prescribing Chinese medicine indiscriminately and Chinese doctors prescribing Western medicine indiscriminately. It was quite vivid.
"Any questions?"
After saying that, Yun Heng asked casually.
Someone else immediately raised his hand. Yun Heng nodded and it was still a male classmate.
"Senior Yun Heng, the case studies you just mentioned were mostly about chronic illnesses or common ailments. What about acute illnesses? Does Traditional Chinese Medicine lack the advantages of Western Medicine in these areas?"
"Please sit down!"
Yun Heng politely asked the student who asked the question to sit down and said with a smile, "You're wrong. In fact, the greatest advantage of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the treatment of acute and severe illnesses."
"ah!"
Many people in the audience opened their mouths in surprise, some of them couldn't believe it.
How is this possible?
Suddenly, whispers were heard in the classroom. Yun Heng suppressed his hand and waited until everyone quieted down before continuing.
"First, let's look at the current environment for traditional Chinese medicine. With today's fast-paced lifestyles and busy schedules, most common illnesses are no longer treated with traditional Chinese medicine. This isn't to say that traditional Chinese medicine can't treat these illnesses, but rather that most patients prefer Western medicine."
Many people nodded, this is true.
For colds, fevers, and other common illnesses, most people choose Western medicine, believing it works quickly and allows for quick recovery. They only need an injection or an IV drip. After all, they have to go to work the next day, so they don't have that much time to waste.
Yun Heng continued, "So from this perspective, the emergency and critical care areas are an area that Traditional Chinese Medicine should strive for. Isn't it common sense that if Western medicine can't cure a certain disease, they will recommend the patient to see a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor? Regardless of whether this recommendation is well-intentioned, at least this shows that Traditional Chinese Medicine has effects and methods for treating serious illnesses. If not, why would anyone recommend it? And would patients believe it if someone recommends it?"
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