Many TCM enthusiasts tend to reject Western medicine, believing that Western medicine cannot cure anything, which is a prejudice.
Mr. Deng Tietao, the first master of traditional Chinese medicine, lived to be 103 years old, and he was also admitted to the ICU for rescue when he was critically ill;
Zhang Xuewen, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, suffered from diabetes (known as thirst disease in traditional Chinese medicine) and insisted on insulin treatment;
Academician Zhang Boli suffered from cholecystitis during the anti-epidemic period, and in order to recover his body as soon as possible and join the battle, he did not hesitate to choose surgical resection, and the prognosis is good.
There is also the old Chinese medicine doctor in the photo below, who probably had some disease, so while taking the pulse of the patient, he "hung water" to treat himself, which can be called a model of the combination of Chinese and Western medicine!
In addition, it can be seen from the picture that the level of this old Chinese medicine doctor is quite good, and the wall behind his clinic is full of pennants and banners, such as "master of medical forest", "exquisite skills, noble medical ethics" and so on.
Like the above masters of traditional Chinese medicine and old Chinese medicine, they not only do not reject Western medicine, on the contrary, they actively treat diseases, whether Western medicine or Chinese medicine, what is effective, black cats and white cats, catching mice is a good cat.
However, there are negative examples.
For example, Lin Haifeng, the "health master" who proposed "natural therapy", a few days before the accident, ate a pack of expired red dates and "stiffened all over his body", but he did not go to the hospital, but vomited the food, and thought he was fine, but he didn't expect that a few days later, Lin Haifeng suddenly fell to the ground and was sent to the hospital, where he died at the age of 51.
It is speculated that Lin Haifeng was obsessed with natural remedies and thought that he could detoxify without going to the hospital, and died of food poisoning.
There is also the noble "ghost genius of traditional Chinese medicine" Ni Haixia, who had liver disease and could have been treated with Western medicine antiviral therapy, but I don't know if he didn't believe in Western medicine, or because he believed in his own medical skills too much, he insisted on not going to the hospital for treatment, and died young at the age of 59, which is very regrettable.
Therefore, through the above living examples, it is illustrated that Chinese and Western medicine should not be mutually exclusive, and should be best combined.
For example, if you have infectious diseases, trauma, food poisoning, dog and cat bites, acute heart disease, meningitis, acute pancreatitis, etc., it is best to go to the hospital immediately for treatment by Western medicine;
If you have some chronic diseases, on the basis of Western medicine treatment, you can use some traditional Chinese medicine treatment, such as Chinese herbal medicine, dietary therapy, massage, acupuncture, etc., to restore the patient's physical health to the greatest extent.