Basic TCM Journal#1 1.23.25

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) seems to carry a lot of mystique for many people, whether they are Chinese or international friends.

The reason is that TCM and Western medicine indeed have significant differences in logical concepts. Western medicine follows the logical thinking that modern people use when studying any subject—logical reasoning. TCM, on the other hand, uses a completely different approach, focusing on divergent thinking and drawing analogies. The philosophy of TCM is advanced and effective, excelling at changing the body's environment to allow diseases to heal themselves. This is one of the reasons why Chinese medicine was once ahead of the world for over two thousand years. Nowadays, with environmental destruction and increasing mental stress, TCM, which seems mysterious but leads to philosophy and offers a path to health through the mind-body connection, is once again receiving global attention.

The similarities and differences between TCM and Western medicine:

• TCM studies macro concepts, believing that all life follows the same principles. The holistic view of TCM extends from the entire universe down to philosophy. One must understand Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and study the Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), but it does not subdivide into specialties. TCM considers each life to be a whole, and local symptoms cannot be separated from the overall condition, just as the whole cannot be separated from its environment. Any symptom reflects an issue in the overall functioning of the body. For example, acne is actually a stomach issue, not a skin problem. When the stomach is regulated, acne will naturally disappear, rather than simply treating the local area.
• Western medicine focuses on the microscopic, excelling at specialization. Western medicine studies molecular biology, anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry. From DNA to RNA to proteins, Western medicine follows the central dogma of molecular biology, following linear logic.

• In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the five organ systems correspond to five functional systems, and their operation and regulation help the entire body complete metabolism.
• In Western medicine, functional systems are responsible for metabolism and the conversion of substances and energy, while regulatory systems such as the nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system help eliminate the effects of internal and external environmental disturbances on the body.
• You may see common parts from following chart, they started from different view but works toward to same goal -  reduce suffering and pain！ Hope new generations work and learn together for lives. 

1. 中醫基础筆記 1.23.25

中医学对很多人似乎具有很多神秘色彩，不论是华人还是国际友人。

原因是中医学和西医学确实在逻辑概念上有很大区别。西医学是我们现代人学习任何学科的逻辑方式-逻辑思维。而中医学使用的是完全不同的思路，中医学是发散性思维和取类比象。中医学思想超前，行之有效，善于改变身体环境而让疾病自愈，让中国医学曾经领先于世界两千年。现如今环境被破坏，人们的精神压力日益增大。中医学这门看似神秘又通往哲学通过身心一体获取健康途径再次被全世界重视。

中西医学的异同：

• 中医学研究宏观概念，认为万物所有生命都遵循一样的道理，中医的整体观大到整体宇宙延展到哲学。必要懂阴阳，五行，需学习《黄帝内经》， 而不细分科。中医认为每个生命是一个整体，局部病症与整体不能分割，整体也与环境不能分割。哪里出现病症都代表整体运转出现问题而出现的症状，比如青春痘其实是胃病，而不是皮肤病。胃调理好了自然不会再发，而不治疗局部。
• 西医学研究微观，善于细分。学习西医分子生物学，解剖学，生理和生物化学。从DNA到RNA到蛋白质的中心法则；是线性逻辑。 
• 中医五脏系统相当于5个功能系统，运行调控帮整个身体完成新陈代谢。
• 西医有功能系统完成新陈代谢和完成物质与能量的转换，还有调节系统像神经系统，内分泌系统，和免疫系统来排除机体受到内外环境干扰的系统。
  
• 中西医殊途同归，希望新生代中医西医能互相学习借鉴拯救病痛。