In the life the forefront of science to carry forward the advantage of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

GaoYiMin The capital university of medical sciences, the school of Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Traditional Chinese medicine, as the national for thousands of years and fight the disease experience, is the treasure of human civilization. Today, with the rapid development of modern life science, is also in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) set the new request. Therefore, the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine was put forward the necessity of historical development.

        Health minister Chen middle&small once said: "traditional Chinese medicine also to keep pace with The Times, and constantly improve the......" And he also think: "modern system for biomedical, west two big medical converge creating unprecedented opportunities and platform, traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine to together, is to promote the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine very good way."

        In fact, the basic concept of traditional Chinese medicine and modern life science have much in common. Chinese medicine emphasizes "balance of Yin and Yang" the modern biology and the same wonderful; Chinese medicine emphasizes the "nature and humanity" this and modern western science is very similar to the certain theory; Chinese medicine emphasizes "pattern identification and treatment", similar to western medical drugs in genetics, for every patients find the most appropriate drugs (the individual therapy); The compound Chinese medicine theory, is actually now learn more and more emphasis on western treatment of the comprehensive use of therapy.

        Traditional Chinese medicine several thousand years of history, has never been the history of stubbornness, its connotation is unceasingly rich and progress. Today, scientists should through the further research on the essence of traditional Chinese medicine, and gradually breakthrough barrier between Chinese and western medicine, create the 21 st century new medicine, this kind of medicine is higher than the modern Chinese medicine, and also higher than that of the modern western medicine.

        This year, Chen spoke of two meetings in middle&small minister of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine and medical and pharmaceutical innovation of Chinese medicine in China, how to better world said, give full play to the role of Chinese medicine should cure, deepen the development of Chinese medicine cure for bring opportunities, the development of Chinese medicine cure for provides an important driving force; Traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical innovation as the source of a very significant role, modern science and technology and the traditional medicine of the Chinese medicine is with the power of the continued progress; Traditional Chinese medicine from clinical to scientific research, to more into legal system, and standardization category, be widely recognized, speed up the pace of go to the world.

        After one thousand years of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and long, in modern medicine quickly development today, still stand tall in the medical community, the clinical curative effect and is on the difficulty in severe, and health, delay ageing, and other aspects of the unique. Therefore, we should give full play to the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine.

        From the world scale, the traditional Chinese medicine or related diagnosis and treatment methods of countries and regions about more than 150. Due to cure source sex or increase of drug-induced diseases, the scientists want to find breakthroughs from natural medicine, the biggest of the expected in the treasure house of Chinese medicine from discover new ideas and diagnostic methods. More and more international pharmaceutical industry personage, the traditional Chinese medicine are given over the cultural identity.

        At present, the modern life science have entered into post genome era, for human health and disease, all can stand in the genomics and proteomics research platform. Clinical reports from in recent years, have observed that most of the multiple diseases are out of control and functional genes regulate about, from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine will belong to the imbalance of Yin and Yang. Through the acupuncture, massage and traditional Chinese medicine therapy, can make the adjustment of the genome back to balance out of control of the state. Especially western medicine of so-called "incurable", the Chinese medicine or method can really get certain effect. Such as cancer, cardio-cerebrovascular disease, AIDS, malignant sudden epidemic disease (such as SARS, etc), the method of combining traditional Chinese and western medicine are the good results.

        Recently, the international of carrying out the "translational medicine", will also promote Chinese and western medicine in the modern life science platform quickly forward development. In the near future, could create new medicine in China. It can be said that the development of the modern life science can reveal the mystery of traditional Chinese medicine. As Chinese medicine, to stand in the forefront of the modern life science, with great concentration inheritance, innovation and to create the China new medical make more contribution.