Chen Yanqing, | of the New Year special article: It will be easy to pass on traditional culture and understand the efficacy of Traditional Chinese medicine

People's Daily health client Lin Jing

"Chinese medicine and Traditional Chinese culture are inseparable, if the traditional culture is passed on well, it will be easier to understand the efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine," said Chen Yanqing, director of the Center for The Treatment of Diseases at the Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, "for example, we ordinary people know that ginger is hot, if we are cold, sneezing or stomach cold, drink a bowl of ginger water, it is difficult to use modern science to explain, what kind of substance in ginger makes us not sneeze, the stomach is not cold."

Chinese and Western medicine are completely different sets of theoretical systems, Western medicine should pay attention to molecules, atoms, protons and other mechanisms of action, from the microscopic to explore; and our Chinese medicine is a lot of conceptual things, such as yin and yang in Chinese medicine, virtual reality and other issues, it is difficult to use scientific methods to explain clearly, or that modern science can not explain yin and yang, virtual reality", Chen Yanqing said, "General Secretary Xi instructed: the development of Chinese medicine should inherit the essence, keep the integrity and innovation." What is the essence, I think the essence also includes traditional culture, and if you understand the traditional Chinese culture, the logic of Chinese medicine can be understood."

"For another example, such as dry eyes, Western medicine may do some symptomatic treatment for the eyes, and in the view of Chinese medicine, dry eyes are not only eye problems, it may be because of excessive use of the eyes, the consumption of liver blood, the eyes and liver are closely related, nourishing liver blood can be clear", Chen Yanqing said, "I often make analogies with students, Chinese medicine is a monk, Western medicine is a priest, the purpose is the same, all for human health, but the ideas and methods used are completely different."

"Chinese medicine in China must first pay attention to it and become stronger, in order to better go to the world, rather than cutting enough to meet it," Chen Yanqing said. Let the people get sick, can first think of seeing Chinese medicine, rather than going to the outpatient clinic to do a little drip, the symptoms of the disease are complicated, and then find Chinese medicine, of course, this also requires Chinese medicine people to work harder, let the efficacy speak."

"Let the people believe in Chinese medicine, rationally apply Chinese medicine to serve their own health, the correct chinese medicine culture publicity is very important," Chen Yanqing said, "Chinese medicine professionals should be obliged to join in the promotion of Chinese medicine culture, rather than by pharmaceutical companies or some amateur Chinese medicine enthusiasts occupy the forefront of Chinese medicine culture publicity." ”

"In the era of self-media, when professionals do TCM science popularization, they should also pay attention to some methods and skills, and they should be interesting and more understandable expressions," Chen Yanqing said.