中医和西医：不是科学不科学，而是代沟问题！

中医不科学，这是我们经常会读到和听到的说法。但何谓科学？我本人认为科学本身存在着一定的争论性。西医是近几百年来随着近代科学同步发展变化，也就是说以目前的科学论点来解释西医，西医是完全科学的，相对来说，中医因她与近代科学脱节，她的存在便常被认为是不科学的。但真是如此这般吗？

我个人认为科学是随着人门对周遭事物的认识及利用智慧来解释疑问和帮他们解决生活上遇到的困难而发展。中医学的发展的追溯到五千多年前的中华民族历史背景，她的中心思想起源于当时最科学的易经学说，她是当时科学，哲学及人们对疾病的有限认识的结晶。中医是科学的。

中医之所以被认为是不科学完全是一个代沟问题。

比如说我们常听年轻人说他们的父母亲不了解他们，无法给他们一个为什么不要作某些事的原因或者是对某些事的看法。但是，是父母亲真的不了解，或是父母亲无法以年轻人的思想去解释，又或者是年轻人无法领会到父母亲所要表达的智慧呢？要指中医不科学，我们得先检讨这问题。长辈与小辈之间所存在的沟通问题我们都会归咎于代沟。而代沟的形成也是不同年代，不同大环境的影响所造成的。父母亲所认识到的和他们所经历的是他们在成长岁月里累积的智慧；而年轻人所认识到的是他们有限青春里所接触的。这之间常有矛盾但不是无法沟通。

我们常倡导“家有一老如有一宝”和敬老的家庭思想，也了解到我们能通过沟通去发掘他们在岁月里累积的许多智慧－只要我们能虚心的向他们请教。老一辈也不应倚老卖老而不去吸收年轻人所能表达的现代思想。如双方都能平心静气的互相学习，双方将能认识到学无止境，天外有天。

我认为中医与西医之间所存在的就是这代沟问题，中医是一个五千多岁的老头子，西医是一个几百岁的年轻小伙子。这之间的代沟问题并不是科学与不科学就能把她说明白。与其争论不休何不平心静气的接受这历史长河里所造成的代沟，互相学习，取各自之所长去补各自之所短。虽然中医存在着许多我们无法以近代科学去清楚的解释，我们不应该说她不科学，而应检讨是否是我们应我们才疏学浅无法领会到前辈的智慧。

试想想，您如果得了垂危之病以后，您是愿意明明白白地知其病之所以然而死去呢（西医定病名而宣布无法医）?还是耍想法活着（找中医治疗）而宁肯暂时不知其所以然。

我觉得中西合璧是必然结果。但要达到那境界双方应有共识，互存，互济以救死扶伤为根本而不应去贬低各自的理论基础。代沟的形成没有对或错，要跨越着鸿沟需要耐心，虚心及恒心去实现。

Modern medicine or Traditional Medicine? - To cut or not to cut?

By modern medicine, I am refering to the treatment of illness and disease with the help to modern durgs using more equipments uch as scope, CT, etc. For traditional medicine, I am refering to Traditional Chinese medicine as well as medicine use by various ethnic groups which was handed down through wordd of mouth of myths.

With the context set, and boundaries, let try to explore the question! First there is no correct answer, and the right question most of us should ask is not "OR" rather it should be and "AND".

As a learner of TCM, I sincerely feel that the two fields of thoughs will one day come together to serve the human race, the two school of though complement each other in many aspects and neither parties should ignore the curing effect of the approaches, although they are very different.

I am reading the book "名老中医之路", from points introduced by the 名老中医, they are looking forward to the eventual merger of the two systems and I sincerely wish for this to happen one day.

From the study of economics, we know that macro economics factors and micro economics factors are quite different but at the same time affect the state of health of a country, and the two school of thoughs complement each other when politician and governement introduce measure to restore the health of a country. Same for the medicial field, while modern medicine focusing or specialise on breaking the human body into parts of pieces (Micro), TCM look at human as a whole (macro). Both approach a illness with the objective to solve a problems, to cure a illness.

Thus we should try to seek both treatments, if possible, before a drastic or importance decision need to be made. Many articles and media will tell you that there are some organs and parts in our body which are redundance, but I beg to differ. All parts in our body is there for a reason, be it directly functional and indirectly producing supporting element for the support organs, care should be taken or alternative view should be consulted before a decision is made to remove it.

My thought is still very disorganised, will try to improve it further.

My thought on TCM - You can't use a primary school test systems to verify a PHD subjects

As a chinese, I was exposed to the treatment of chinese medicine since young, my mom will always prepare cooling drinks to serve the family when the weather changes.
I like listen to my mom telling me those special medicial formula which my grand ma taught her when she was young, such as the use of young bamboon to cure some heaty illness. According to her you need picking young bamboo early in the morning before sun rise, and before her neighbour caught her stealing their plant. Another interesting formula is a eat new born rat, which suppose to cure prolong cough.

Whenever we have fever, a special concotion will be prepared for you and somehow you will be cure by it, not knowing actully why.

My interest in TCM actually started way back when I was in Primary 3, in a chinese school, when my mom force me to borrow book from school library to read. The 1st book I borrow happened to be a book on Li Shi Zhen 李时珍, he was a famous physician cum natural scienctist who compile a book on all the known chinese medicine during and before his time more than few thousands. His learning journey in TCM plant a seed in me through out my childhood life.

As the years go along, some how, the urge to explore further was KIV, as I focus my life on study, courtship, working, and working and working. All this year, I am still very much interested in all thing chinese, and I some how believe that most of the theories we learnt today was originated from a same source of the universe.

Many years back, I started to explore yi-jing 易经, the great book of wisdom of the Chinese culture, all theory and wisdom of chinese we know today are originate from this book and all great thing we find today and part of it as well.

Example - Internet come about because of computer, computer era come about because of Binary, and binary come about because of the application of the use of 2 symbols in Yi-jin,

Example - Modern management strategies come from adoption of Sun Zi 孙子兵法 or other great work of eastern warring heroes/strategies, the fundamental theory behind the art of war are reference extracted from yi-jing

As the more I come in touch with the use of ancient chinese wisdom in solving the problems we face today, I somehow feel that the solution for the future lie in exploring the past. History repeat itself, and one of the thing human being learnt from history was that human being never leart from history.

While many claimed TCM has not being proven scientifically to be use widely, TCM has managed to cure people for thousands of years, my feel is that it was not the fault of TCM not being able to be proven scientifically, rather, the current western scientific research technique has not reach the stage of development to test its (TCM)viability. Afterall, you can't use a test for primary school kids testing systems to test a PHD materials. A primay school tester will never be able to understand the what steps a PHD subjects need to go through.

Any way, just my thought, spoken loudly! :-)