Upload
pols3620
View
148
Download
2
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
2011-2012 POLS
Citation preview
POLS 3620Comparison of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
09051694 LI Youzhi, Yugi
09017143 Tsang Wing Cheong, Randy
How do they perceive Traditional Chiense Medicine
yugi2
Keyword Superstitious Not scientific Religious Old ingredient, use herbs Different diagnose system (eg. look at the
color of tongue) Taker longer time for the effect to take place Preventative medicine
How do they perceive Traditional Chinese Medicine
3 yugi
Rundown
Western Medicine
Modern Western Medicine
Ancient
Philosophy
religious
Traditional Chinese Medicine
philosophy
YinYang
Five Phases (WuXing)
Qi
Different perspectives
Integration
yugi4
Western medicine: a combination understanding of different doctrines during ancient time Ancient Greek (started from 3000BC)
Similar to Chinese Medicine in understanding the nature of human
There is a mixture of philosophy, religions and medicine Empeddocles: four natural elements
earth 土 , air 氣 , water 水 and fire 火 four characteristic:
dry 乾 , cold 冷 , hot 熱 , humid 濕 Hippocrates, Galen
Humoral theory Blood, mucus, black bile, yellow bile
What is Western Medicine ?Ancient Western Medicine
5 Randy
Asckeplius (God of Heal)
What is Western Medicine ?Religious background
6 Randy
Christian view Emphasize on the power of faith to cure
disease Shrines of saints and martyrs were
clinics Priest as a doctor Religions didn’t deny the use of
medicine Building hospitals In medieval time, churches could provide medicine
Religious
7 Randy
After the development of natural science, there is a spilt of medicine and religions
It became a study in university studying
8 Randy
Divided into different categories Physical and mental
Development of studies and treatment Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, etc. Physiotherapy, Cardiology, From pray to pill and surgery
Relationship of Medicine and Society
Western Medicine: theory could teach us what can be done to solve the problem; there is one way go and one way out
Modern Western Medicine
9 Randy
Taoism asserts that everything is defined in the unity of opposites, namely Yin and Yang.
Yang conducts change and Yin brings it up. Therefore everything is interconnected and
unbreakable.
Traditional Chinese MedicnePhilosophy: Yin-yang ( 陰陽 )
10 Yugi10
Yugi 11
Yin-yang ( 陰陽 )
Yin ( 陰 ) Yang ( 陽 )•Yin consists blood and all other fluids in the body.
•Yin is moistening, cooling and nurturing.
•Yang is the body’s transformative capacity, especially its ability to generate and maintain warmth. •It provides warmth, activity, libido, appetite, digestion and assimilation.
Yin is the material basis for the transforming power of Yang.
Yugi 12
Five Phases wu xing (五行 )
The human body, like matter in general, is made up of five elements.
The Five elements represent the tangible activities of Yin and Yang as manifested in the cyclic changes of nature which regulate life on earth.
Yugi 13
Qi ( 氣 ) “Animating life-force
energy” Qi flows through the body
along channels called meridians(經絡 ).
In the TCM model of health and disease, when Qi flow is blocked or stagnated, it caused illness.
Myocardial Infarction [MI] (Heart Attack)
TCM Western Medicine
Causes Obstruction of vein and weak in Qi (氣 )
Obstruction of the blood
supply to the heart muscle
Treatment NO SOLUTION for the acute(急性 ) attack
Surgery attempts to as possible and to prevent further complications as soon as possible.
Notes Preventable but not curable
• Doing surgeries could be the most effective way to save the emergency patient.
14 Randy
Cancer
TCM Western Medicine
Causes No this disease titled “cancer” therefore the causes are uncertain
Carcinogens (致癌物 ) including chemicals and radiation
Treatment Recuperate patient’s whole body system to let himself fight the tumor
Aiming at killing tumor cells or stopping tumor growth:
Physical removal + radiotherapy
Side-effect Very long-term treatment procedure
Normal cells are killed at the same time
Notes “Live with tumor” Ease the tumor cell as much as possible
15 Yugi
16
CONCLUSIONAND FUTURE INTEGRATION
Integration of Traditional and Western Medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine Patent
Prescription (中成藥 ) Internationalization of Traditional
Chinese Medicine Affirmation of the Chinese medicine in
supportive care Use of Acupuncture in Germany: 77% Legislation of Traditional Chinese Medicine in
Australia FDA has sought for advice about the making of
herbal medicine17 Randy
SARS
18 Yugi
~THANK YOU~
http://www.slideshare.net/upload?show_cta=true
19