What are the differences between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine?

1. Understanding Basics Different Chinese medicine practitioners are based on image thinking. They adopt the “three-dimensional space” thinking, use the intuition and experience of the human body to find out the intrinsic links between systems, and on this basis establish a theory of disease prevention and treatment. The development of western medicine is based on formal logic. It adopts "two-dimensional space" thinking and uses abstract thinking and experiments to establish the understanding of local functions, etiology and treatment methods of the human body.

2. Methods of observation Different Chinese medicines are based on the direct “sense” of the human body and establish a summary of experiences based on the links between macro celestial bodies, human physical systems, and animals and plants. Western medicine is the use of anatomy, decomposition, analysis and other methods to observe the microscopic material under the microscope.

3. Different Chinese and Western Medicines Recognize Different Ways The traditional Chinese medicine began as "Shen Nong tasted a hundred herbs." It not only experienced the knowledge of the effects of local diseases, but also experienced the effect on the overall balance of yin and yang of the human body. It established both the efficacy of local treatment and the overall balance. The Theory System of Chinese Medicine of "Emperor's Official Companion".

The western medicine efficacy starts from the laboratory through animal experiments, and clinical observations have gained an understanding of the therapeutic effects of local diseases.

4. Cognitive Processes of Chinese and Western Medicines The development of different Chinese medicines emphasizes "doing nothing". Trying to avoid subjective influence as objectively as possible is a process from the accumulation of objective experience to subjective conclusions. The development of western medicine is synchronized with the development of western science and technology. It is the first to set up a “hypothesis.” By reasoning, experimenting, and validating the hypothesis, the conclusion is that it is a process from subjective judgment to objective test.