What is science?Is Chinese medicine scientific?

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I practicemiddlePhysician, who has been engaged in Chinese medicine for 20 years, has a deep understanding of the theory of Chinese medicine and clinical clinical clinical. There are many effective and effective clinical practice medical cases. I have written a lot of exploration articles about Chinese medicine learning.Whether Chinese medicine is science has caused many discussions. Today we briefly discuss it and welcome to praise, collect, and follow.

First we wantFirst determine the concept of science.

What is science?

“Introduction to Modern Science and Technology”:
“It can be simply said that science is a systematic knowledge that reflects the inherent and regularity of objective things.”

In other words, as long as we truthfully reflect the inherent laws and systematic knowledge of objective things, we can call it science.

So does Chinese medicine meet the above conditions?

The first is to determine one point:Whether Chinese medicine truthfully reflects the laws of inherent things.

Many people have an inherent attitude towards Chinese medicine,It is believed that Chinese medicine is an empirical discipline, and this understanding is wrong.

Traditional Chinese medicine is actually a systematic discipline. Experience is only a regular application.otherwiseThe law that cannot be verified is difficult to form experience at all.From this concern, traditional Chinese medicine must have an inner law, but many people turn a blind eye.

So what kind of law does Chinese medicine have?

We know that the “Yellow Emperor’s Canon” is a comprehensive work of Chinese medicine.

establishedChinese medicineUp”Yin Yang Five Elements Doctrine“,”Pulse theory“,”Tibetan“,”Meridian doctrine“,”Doctrine“,”Pathogenesis“,”disease“,”Diagnosis“,” On the rule of the rule “and” “Health scienceThe doctrine such as “Luck Study” and other doctrines, from the perspective of the overall view of medicine, presents the overall medical model of nature, biology, psychology, and society.The priest Wang Bing entered). Its basic material comes from the long -term observation of life phenomena, a large number of clinical practice, and simple anatomical knowledge of the ancient Chinese.
—— Encyclopedia

Many people think that the Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic is more mysterious.This is because of thisI did not read the foundation of the “Yellow Emperor’s Canon”, just like a person has no mathematical basis, and immediately studied calculus, I couldn’t understand it.This is normal.

There are many articles in the Yellow Emperor’s Canon, and the exposition angle of each content is different.usSimply use the content of the five luck and six qi in the “Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic” as a point, to see if Chinese medicine is in line with modern science definition.

The basic learning of Wuyun Liuqi, I wrote in my article. Here you can send it, so that friends who have not been exposed to learn.The second part is used as an egg, you can find it.

[Zhiyuan Academy] One article understands the five luck and six qi of Chinese medicine (1)

Five luck and six qi, in fact, study the climate change of the earth, the environmental changes, and the impact on humans, what diseases will cause.

Here we have to think about it,What are the causes of climate change?

Simply put, it isThe direction of the rotation of the earth has a angle with the zodiac planeWhen the earth revolves around the sun, the direct sunlight will causeThe sun is directly shot plane, and wave -like fluctuations on the earth surfaceEssenceThese two wave -like upper and lower vertices are the Tropic of North and South, that is, during the summer solstice every year, the sun is directly in the north.During the winter solstice, the south revenue was directly shot.As shown in the figure.

Summer Solstice is the summer of the northern hemisphere, and the winter solstice is the winter of the northern hemisphere.The southern hemisphere is just the opposite.

Therefore, this has formed the seasonal changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter generated by the earth.

So what does climate change have to do with Chinese medicine?

We simply think about a question, why do we wear short sleeves in summer, and wearing down jackets in winter?

Because we humans can perceive temperature.The weather is hot in summer, so wearing short sleeves is convenient for heat dissipation.It was cold in winter, wearing down jackets to keep warm.

Then, if, ifWhat happens if you don’t wear down jackets outside in winter?The result is a cold.

That is,The climate will affect our body and cause disease.

I think it can be frozen in winter without wearing down jackets. There is no need to do scientific experiments, right?

Therefore, thisA objective law that is in line with scientific arguments is generated: climate can affect human health.

So, we can clearly see,Traditional Chinese medicine is in line with modern science research spirit.

Scientific research method, Nothing more thanSummary method, interpretation method, abstract method.The above basic research is in line with the spirit of scientific research.

Maybe many people still think that the above research is not enough.Yes, even if we know the theory of relativity, we must enrich its connotation.

Then, weFor the proposition of affecting human health, in -depth researchEssenceFor example, what kind of climate, what kind of disease is easy to cause?

So we can simply study the impact of human beings in various climate according to the division of the four seasons.

For example, it is spring now.

Spring is a process of gradually warming the climate.In other words, in early spring, the climate was relatively cold.After our long -term observation and summary, in some years, it is easy to have a cold situation.

Of course, weTo introduce a chronograph counting, to recordEssence

And the most commonly used in our ancient times isStem counting methodEssence

In other words, according to ten days.

A, B, C, Ding, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui.

And twelve ground branches.

Zi, ugly, Yin, 丑, Chen, 巳, Wu, noon, Wei, Shen, 酉, 戌, Hai.

Two or two are combined to formSixty armor of the cycle counting lawEssence

In addition to counting, there are other profound connotations. Here we do not discuss it here, just use it as a simple timing tool.

That is

Jiazi Yi Ugly Bingyin Ding Ying Wu Chen Ji Yi 

Gengwu Xin Wei Ren Shen, Gui Yan Jiayi Yihai 

Bingzi Ding Ugly Wuyin, Gengchen Xinyi 

Renwu Gui Wei Jiashen Yiyi Bingyu Dinghai 

Wuzi Ji Ugly Gengyin Xin Yan Renchen Guiyi

Jiawu Yi Wei Bingshen Ding Wu, Wuyu Jihai 

Gengzi Xin Chou Ren Yin Gui Jiachen Yiyi 

Bingwu Ding Wei Wushen 

Renzi Guo Chou Jia Yin Yiyi Bingchen Dingyi 

Wuwu Ji Wei Gengshen Xinyi Renyi Guihai

60 number (Jiazi) cycle.

For example, this year is the year of Jiazi, and we call it the spring of Jiazi.

In the spring of this year, how is the climate? Is there any cold spring? What is the rising of the sun every day? When the point is falling, where is the position of the moon rising, what is the place where it falls.What is the length of the day today.In order to push.

Doing these things is basically the legendary Qin Tian monitor.Record the changes in the position of the star and the moon, the change of climate, the changes in the sun, and so on.This is called Yingying,Record all the information to discover the laws.

Then if it is suddenly discovered, this year has produced the cold spring, because of the violent changes in the climate, causing many people to have a cold and fever.Then it may be recorded, what kind of disease does the five luck and six qi occur in a certain year.Then in some years, the same spring of the same cold spring will be recorded.To compare.

Therefore, those diseases recorded by Wuyun Liuqi are actually statistical principles.

The data recorded by our ancient Qin Tianjian are uninterrupted every day.Including some records of historians.So why, ancient Chinese astronomy was so developed, and history was not interrupted.

Because of the daily observation records, many laws of celestial body operation have been found.Such as Mars retrograde.Or some comet records.These records of data are the basis for studying natural science.

We continue to study in depth based on the above.

go throughObserving for a long time, the cause of the formation of a cold is because of the cold, because the wind is too windy, and it is easy to be cold.Essence

Yin and Yang Da Yunyun: Spring Qi is warm, summer is hot, autumn is cool, and the winter air is cold.
In winter, the cold is cold, 10,000 categories are hidden, and gentlemen are tight, but they are not typhoons.Those who are fascinated are named typhoid cold.
It hurts four o’clock and can be sick.
Those who use typhoid fever as a poison, with their most powerful murderous qi.”Treatise on”

Therefore, we read the discussion of typhoid theory: The Yin and Yang Dama of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon is described that the weather is warm in spring, the summer heat is hot, the weather is cool in autumn, and the weather is cold in winter. This is the normal order and law of the four seasons.It is relatively cold in winter, and everything must be collected and protects themselves. If people can wear strictness, or pay attention to the cold and keep warm, they will not be hurt by cold.If you have to suffer from cold, then the disease at this time is called typhoid.

And the four seasons climate can cause diseases, but only the cold and the deepest injury to the people are the most, and the most easily causes death.

So we can nowA inference: climate change in the four seasons can cause people to develop diseases.

Okay, since there is this conclusion, weContinue research, where is the problem of people’s diseases?Essence

Our people’s skin and sweat holes are a channel for venting aircraft in the body, which is where the human body temperature is regulated.When the weather is hot, for example, in summer, the sweat holes will open, and the human body will sweat and take away the heat on the body, so the human body temperature is not so high.This is a knowledge point that sweat can cool down.So why do you have to sweat for fever.

In winter, because of the cold weather, our sweat holes are closed.This can lock the body temperature, not easy to lose, and play a role in keeping warm.

existIn long -term observations, it was found that when people were sweating, if the cold wind sweat holes suddenly blown up, it would sharply shrink and close.At this time, people sneeze.

People who have a cold and fever are often disorders of sweat opening and closing function.

This is interesting, this shows that after long -term observation and summary, it is found thatAnyone caused by an external feeling is because of the occasional cold and cold, causing sweat holes to be harmonized.As a result, symptoms of cold and fever occur.Remember, it is caused by the external feeling.

Then at this time, we will deepenResearch why sweat holes are lostEssence

After a long -term observation, I found that some people areSweat hole, Cold fever.Some people are because ofSweat holes closed, Cold fever.There are two different situations in the same cold and fever.

Then we have a cold caused by the external feelingDivided into two casesConsider.

A: One is caused by sweat holes.

B: One is caused by the closure of sweat holes.

So what are the performances of both and what are the same symptoms?What are the different symptoms?We need to think about research.

Then discovered,Sweat holeWell, sweat is always going out, and because the sweat is open, it is more afraid of the wind blowing.That isSweat, fever, fear the windEssenceThen this is typicalGuizhi DecoctionEssenceYou need to use Guizhi Decoction to treat.

Then I found it,Sweat holes closedAlthough the sweat is not going out, comparisonBe afraid of the coldEssenceThen this belongs toEphedra soup syndromeEssence

This wayThe basic principles of climate change leading to colds and fever, it turns out that there is more than one reason.Just like human blood types, it is divided into A, B, AB, and O.And corresponding to the corresponding square evidenceEssence

Now that I know the mechanism, there is another proposition. How can I cure it?

Khan is fever, that is,What is something, causing sweat holes to be closedEssence

What are the factor?We found that there were a lot of wind in spring, and because of the gentle weather in spring, many people might feel that it was warm and hot, so they took off their thick clothes.The wind is relatively light, for example, we can see that the wind can flutter the waterfall gently.

Then the sweat holes are not closed, is it because the wind of spring is too strong? When people feel hot in the weather, they take off their clothes, and when the sweat holes are widened, the wind blows over, the atmosphere is poured into the inside of the sweat holes, and the popularity is poured into the sweat hole.After entering some air, it produced a force similar to air pressure, causing sweat holes to be closed?Just like a jack, holding the door of the sweat holes.

If so, what should I do so that the pressure of this wind and evil can be solved and discharged?

Is it possible to solve the solution of a sweat hole and a sweat hole?That’s how much trouble.

Therefore, we need to use traditional Chinese medicine that can warm the effect of capillaries, and move it to the fur. Through strong activity qi and blood, this pressure is pushed out.

Just like when we were on a plane, as the plane rose, air pressure appeared in the ears, causing abnormalities to listen to things. At this time, saliva can be solved.

Therefore, we must consider using a relatively gentle force to enhance the movement of the epidermal qi and blood to discharge these blocking air pressure (wind evil).

So let’s read the theory of typhoid theory.

Sun disease, headache fever, sweaty people, Guizhi soup master.”Treatise on”

When drinking Guizhi Decoction, you need to drink a little porridge after drinking the medicine.why?Because after we drink porridge, we will help sweat.And the porridge is easy to absorb and replenish qi and blood.

Guizhi Tang:

Guizhi San or two (peeling, flavoring hot) peony three or two (taste bitter sour, slightly cold) licorice two or two (boasting, flavor Ganping) ginger three or two (cut, flavor and warm) jujube (掰 掰 掰 掰 掰 掰, Ganwen)
The right five flavors, (mouth father) tap.Seven liters of water, cook three liters of slightly on fire, go to the cricket, be cold, and take a liter.The service is already 臾,Heat the porridge for more than one liter to help the medicineThe warm -up order for a while, all over, like sweaty people Yi Jia, must not make the water flow, the disease must not be removed.

“Treatise on”

Therefore, the main role of Guizhi Decoction is to strengthen the power of qi and blood, play a role in a gentleness, and solve the problem that the sweat cannot be closed.It is also mentioned here that sweating must be sweated slightly. If sweaty, it must be that the holes are not cured.

So, since the reason for the opening of the sweat is found, what is the reason why the sweat holes closed?

The sweat holes were closed to heat, and we had found a natural law before, that is, as soon as the sweat holes were widely opened, the sweat hole would be closed.So because of thisAfter being cold, the sweat holes contracted sharply and could not be opened., So the cold fever.

In other words, the reason why sweat is closed is because of the introduction of cold.Therefore, if we want to open the sweat holes, we must break the power of this shrinking, so that sweat can be sent out smoothly.

So we look at ephedra soup, almonds are used to break Qi, and ephedra is used to sweat.

Ephedra soup:

Ephedra three or two (festivals, flavors) Guiguan two (peeling, flavor and hot) licorice (boasting, flavor Ganping) almond seventy (soup to peeled tip, flavor Xinwen)
Four flavors on the right, nine liters of water, cook ephedra first, reduce two liters, go to the foam, inside the medicines, cook two and a half liters, go to the puppet, warm the eight -in -line, cover the sweat, no need to porridge.Yu Ruzhi will be at a break.

“Treatise on”

You see, this finds the fundamental reason, and also proposes targeted solutions, so that the symptoms are solved, and the disease has recovered.

Therefore, we can see the following logic:

1. The revolution and rotation of the earth form a climate change.

2. The changes in climate affect human health.

3. Through the study of the impact of climate on human health, we found the principle of cold.

4. Through in -depth research on the principle of cold, we found the classification of colds and classification.

5. The symptoms of colds were solved by the classification and classification of colds.

6. Make induction and summary of colds to form systemic knowledge that can be spread.

Is the above 6 points in line with modern science?Is it not scientific research?Is it scientific?I believe everyone has the answer in their hearts.

Therefore, Chinese medicine is a very scientific way to study disease.

So why do many people say that Chinese medicine is unscientific?

Let me give a simple example, and it is mentioned in the previous article.

For example, you just started learning mathematics and just learned simple addition, subtraction and multiplication.So you suddenly look at the derivative formula of the micro points. Can you understand it?

Obviously, most people can’t understand it.Those who can understand everything, all of them are geniuses, they should do nothing about themselves.

Since the previous content is not understood, there are many formulas derived from calculus and specific practical applications. Can we also call mathematics unscientific?Or mathematics is an empirical discipline, is it empirical mathematics?Can we be used as a math black?

Take the article now, including many traditional Chinese medicine powder or Chinese medicine black. Who can talk about Zhang Yitang, who has been circulating a few days ago, proves one step of Riemann’s conjecture.What is Rieman’s conjecture?

Therefore, black scores are three types:

A: Black is because I do n’t understand or not, and I do n’t study it, but it ’s just a cloud.

B: It is intentional, to achieve your own psychological satisfaction in order to see others unhappy.

C: There are special purposes for benefits.

TCM black wants to oppose Chinese medicine through science, in fact, it is the above three types.

I believe that anyone who has a righteousness, exploration ability and independent thinking ability, and can learn carefully, can understand the above text to determine whether the research of Chinese medicine is in line with science.

Of course, if you want to continue to study Chinese medicine in depth, you can read the following articles in depth, which is more systematic and easy to advance.

[Zhiyuan Academy] Self -study tutorial of traditional Chinese medicine (full version of TCM Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Any medicine is to save the wounded. We should not become a Chinese medicine or western medicine black for certain interests.As long as you exist, it has its rationality.Existence is reasonable.

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