The reflection of the humanistic spirit in medical model of TCM

Time: 2016-05-06

Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine

Author: cui jing yan

Until today in development of medical model, has experienced several stages roughly. Religion of the medical model, medical model of natural philosophy, the mechanism of medical mode, the biomedical model, biopsychosocial medical model.

The current dominant and known to be used to guide the practice of medicine is a biopsychosocial medical model. Modes of this - from multi-angle view disease, the relationship between the medical and the patient, advocate the people as a whole to consider, from the various human full health and disease, so as to improve people's medical concept to a new level.

Traditional Chinese medicine form marked by the generation of neijing, based on the theory of Yin and Yang five elements theory, which are characterized by integrity of medical model, the medical model has over two thousand years ago, but - straight maintained their own characteristics, not like other countries traditional medicine such as the ancient Greek medicine, under the impact of the experimental medicine be integrated or obsolete.

Medical model of TCM in general there are three big characteristics, the first is the integrity: refers to the traditional Chinese medicine from the whole understanding of human health and disease, this view contains two meanings, one refers to all parts of the body itself is an mutual connection and restriction of the whole, the second is refers to the human body and natural environment and social environment - a connected whole, disease is the natural, social and psychological miles of pathogenic factors such as the overall reflection of the after effects on the body.

The second is the philosophy: in TCM theory, the core - Yin and Yang five elements theory is originated from the ancient Chinese simple dialectical materialism philosophy, and in this - theory under the guidance of TCM theory system, from physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, combining the achievements of science and philosophy of the time, have the strong characteristics of natural philosophy.

Third is fuzzy: as the guiding theory originates from philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine can't accurately clarify on detail anatomical structure, physiological functions and pathological changes of the body, and the research methods of reasoning and experience accumulation of medical development momentum, unavoidably makes the medical model of TCM blindfolded fuzzy veil.

Due to the influence of the medical model of TCM fuzziness, a lot of people think this - pattern on the whole, is a kind of intuitive experience summary, its direct reasoning theory was conducted with the aid of natural philosophy and speculation, instrument equipment and its large number of diagnostic methods because there was no more a little primitive. This is the philosophical foundation and the so-called backward means of diagnosis and treatment in western medicine, made traditional Chinese medicine not only has important medical value; More contain rich humanistic spirit and it is this kind of humanistic spirit, makes in TCM since one hundred years from the date of birth to still have a major impact.

Of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the diagnosis and treatment ways, simple basic without instrument diagnostic technique, compared to a lot of modern medicine laboratory and equipment inspection, from subjective more respect for the patient's chief complaint. While in the process of diagnosis, under the macro guidance of TCM theory is part of the speculation, but by the speculation results brought about by the patient's trust, but has the effect of natural therapy. This occurs in the doctor-patient relationship of mutual respect and trust, makes "a doctor" - this event is the "human touch", patients are really "humanistic care". Treatment, treatment based on syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine "individualization treatment", namely the same disease in different people, combined with the patient's own conditions and choose different methods of treatment, not only shows the flexibility of TCM treatment, highlighting the medical model of TCM, to the attention of the whole patients "individual" is one of the biggest advantage of traditional Chinese medicine and its impregnable.

From the aspects of preventive care, medical model of TCM also conform to the trend of The Times and the contemporary "biology - psychology - social medical model" of the basic requirements. Ariations in recent decades, great changes have taken place, metabolic disease, psychosomatic diseases, "social disease", the increasing incidence of mental illness, this change makes the medical culture cannot be simply referred to as the patient to repair the body of the medical technology, but to turn to focus on life state of humanism, emphasizing be being given priority to prevention, health care, rehabilitation medicine pattern, and to prevent health care as the main body of the medical model, is a traditional Chinese medicine. In ancient Chinese medicine, disease prevention, healthy ideas and measures and occupies an important position. Que has "made a saint predict micro, can make the good fleas in, the disease can have, and also can be cured."

Compared with western medicine, Chinese medicine is more pay attention to respect the individual functions, which stimulate the function of the body's natural resistance in order to achieve maximum and expelling pathogenic factors. So this - guided by the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine, take people as the core, on the premise of natural effects, based on the social impact of medical model has also been more and more recognition. It highlights the medicine pattern should be given priority to with people of cultural connotation, corrected the biomedical mode to the technology as the center of many ills, in contemporary health service has a great theoretical and practical significance. And the humanistic spirit contained in the medical model, because it's make up for a lack of modern medicine effect, more to the comprehensive role in the Chinese medicine, the all-round development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has brought great opportunities. (cui jing yan China academy of traditional Chinese medicine)