Embrace the spring of the development of Chinese medicine

Guangming Daily reporter Wang Shengxi Dingyan

On May 12, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed during his research in Nanyang, Henan Province, that traditional Chinese medicine contains the Chinese nation's thousands of years of health and wellness concepts and practical experience, and is the great creation of the Chinese nation and the treasure of ancient Chinese science. It is necessary to do a good job in keeping right innovation, inheriting and developing, actively promoting the scientific research and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine, paying attention to the use of modern science to interpret the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, promoting the combination and promotion of traditional Chinese medicine and modern science, promoting the complementary and coordinated development of Chinese and Western medicine, and providing more high-quality health services for the people.

In the face of the general secretary's earnest expectations and entrustments, how can the "old Chinese medicine" answer the new answer sheet well, and what expectations do they have? The Guangming Daily reporter conducted a research interview. Many old experts of "old Chinese medicine" have put forward many suggestions on how to implement the instructions of the general secretary.

Open this treasure trove of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Recently, the seminar on "How We Should Embrace the Spring of the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine" was held at Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Xu Jingsheng, a well-known expert in ancient Chinese medicine and culture in China, said: "To implement the instructions of the general secretary and do a good job in keeping the integrity of innovation, inheritance and development, we need to understand Chinese medicine from the height of excellent traditional culture, because it is a representative symbol of China's excellent traditional culture. ”

At the seminar, experts believed that the reason why Chinese medicine can become a unique discipline is because it covers many aspects such as humanistic and moral cultivation, metaphysical philosophical level, and scientific level of gesturistic knowledge. Chinese medicine is not an ordinary "art", but a road, not only a road for disease prevention and treatment, but also a road for governing the country and saving the world, and it is also a road for self-cultivation. Only with the spirit of the great doctor can we become a true healer. Chinese medicine workers should conscientiously use the key of Chinese medicine to open the door to the treasure house of Chinese civilization to the world.

Xu Jingsheng suggested that it is imperative to learn ancient Chinese medicine texts, read Chinese classics and original works, and generally improve the traditional Chinese cultural literacy of Chinese medicine workers. All walks of life should also further support the collation and excavation of ancient Chinese medicine books, especially the works of successive generations of doctors, and further support the collation and research of traditional Chinese medicine cultural relics and time-honored brands of traditional Chinese medicine. "Discovering and sorting out itself is a process of learning, which is also an important means to improve the ancient cultural literacy of TCM workers." Xu Jingsheng said.

Let the scientific research of traditional Chinese medicine continue to innovate

"It is necessary to increase the scientific research topics of traditional Chinese medicine from the top-level design level." Li Dongyang, director of the Scientific Research Department of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the treatment of diseases and health management of traditional Chinese medicine is one of the essences of traditional Chinese medicine culture, but at present, national and local supporting policies, scientific research topics, and academic journals cannot keep up with the needs of development, and many Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are limited in professional title evaluation and academic development because of few scientific research and topics.

Chinese medicine scientific research is different from other disciplines, it must be combined with clinical practice, effective is the king, and the role played by Chinese medicine in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic is obvious to all. Zhao Wenxia, a famous teacher of the first national traditional Chinese medicine colleges and universities, said that scientific innovation should be able to effectively improve clinical efficacy and academic level, and at the same time pay attention to the organic combination of traditional research methods with modern research methods, and make good use of modern diagnosis and treatment technology.

Zhao Wenxia said that in clinical practice, the diagnosis and treatment of liver cirrhosis, liver cancer and chronic hepatitis B in traditional Chinese and Western medicine have their own strengths and weaknesses, for example, for patients with chronic hepatitis B, the mechanism of antiviral drugs is clear and the efficacy is accurate, but it cannot take into account the inflammation of the liver and liver fibrosis, and there is a situation that some patients have long-term hepatitis B virus is difficult to turn negative. For the common ascites, intestinal endotoxin translocation, hepatic encephalopathy, decreased coagulation function, and the improvement of symptoms such as fatigue, sluggishness, and abdominal distension in patients with cirrhosis, Chinese medicine has definite efficacy and advantages. It is necessary to increase efforts to summarize these clinical practices and create conditions for the scientific research of traditional Chinese medicine to continue to innovate.

Let the world understand Chinese medicine and understand Chinese medicine

Some people say that Chinese medicine makes people "live in a confused way", and Western medicine makes people "die clearly". To some extent, this also shows that Chinese medicine needs to be explained in languages that can be understood and understood by the world, such as big data analysis and scientific argument comparison. Simply put, it is "the modern expression of traditional Chinese medicine".

Pay attention to the use of modern science to interpret the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, promote the combination and promotion of traditional Chinese medicine and modern science, and promote the complementary and coordinated development of Chinese and Western medicine. Zhao Wenxia said that the research combined with the diagnostic methods of Traditional Chinese and Western medicine is mainly to use Western medicine and modern scientific methods to study the four diagnosis of Traditional Chinese medicine, or to create new diagnostic methods. The most developed meridian diagnosis method and pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis are carried out. The meridian diagnosis method is to link what is seen in traditional Chinese medicine on meridian examination with Western medical diagnosis, and through correlation research, the ear acupuncture diagnosis method and meridian examination method are established. Through various pulses and tongue elephants, the finger-pointers under the doctor's diagnosis of pulses are expressed by objective indicators such as images, curves, and numbers, and the changes in tongue and tongue are objectively reflected through pathological morphology, cytology, biochemistry, blood rheology and optics; in addition, the pulses and tongues are controlled by Traditional Chinese medicine and discussed from pathophysiology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology and other aspects. This research is conducive to the instrumentation, objectification and standardization of the four diagnoses of traditional Chinese medicine.

In terms of combined prescription drug research, Zhao Wenxia said, including the use of Western medical theories and methods to explain the role of traditional prescriptions. It is characterized by the combination of medicine, clinical and experimental, single-flavor drug research and compound research, so as to achieve "modern expression of traditional Chinese medicine", and the efficacy achieved is no longer "confused".

Entering a new era, the development of traditional Chinese medicine needs to be revitalized as soon as possible and new breakthroughs can be achieved. Adhere to the equal emphasis on Traditional Chinese and Western medicine, innovate in inheritance, and inherit in innovation, so that Chinese medicine can truly become the backbone of the people's maintenance of health, disease prevention and treatment, and at the same time express and interpret Chinese medicine in a modern way, so that Chinese medicine can go to the world. The time-honored Chinese medicine will certainly be able to write a new chapter in the construction of a more brilliant and healthy China, and realize the role and status of chinese medicine in the health management of the Chinese people.

Guangming Daily (01/11/2021)

Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily