Traditional Chinese medicine is a unique science in epistemology and methodology, with strong practicality and historical inheritance. Its own development law is mainly the repeated cognition process of practice-theory-re-practice-theoretical innovation-re-practice, which is gradually enriched and developed through continuous digestion, absorption and utilization, and is generally a spiral upward process. Traditional Chinese medicine is inseparable from traditional Chinese culture. The theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine is the cohesive force of the academic development of traditional Chinese medicine. Long-term clinical practice and clinical efficacy are the strong vitality of the academic development of traditional Chinese medicine.
In terms of practice, traditional Chinese medicine originates from practice, and on the basis of practice, it is sublimated to theory (such as the theory of Tibetan images, the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, the theory of five movements and six qi, etc.), and then It also uses theory to further guide medical practice activities and improve clinical efficacy, so some people call it “practice medicine”. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine is summed up and sublimated from clinical practice. The six classics syndrome differentiation of medical sage Zhang Zhongjing is also the crystallization of his wisdom in fighting typhoid fever. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when the plague was popular, Wu Jutong, Ye Tianshi and others rescued patients day and night. He developed the treatment of febrile diseases, summed up “Dampness and Heat Theory” and “Differentiation of Febrile Diseases”, which were sublimated into theories such as Wei, Qi, Ying, and Blood Syndrome Differentiation and Sanjiao Syndrome Differentiation. Academician Chen Keji proposed the treatment of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis based on the treatment of chest pain (coronary heart disease) with Zhongjing Gualou Xiebai agent Xuanbi Tongyang, which further improved the clinical efficacy. In theory, the use of blood-activating and detoxifying therapy can reduce the occurrence of acute cardiovascular events.
In terms of historical inheritance, in the spiral development of Chinese medicine, a new theory is always established on the basis of inheritance, breaking through the original level. Traditional Chinese medicine belongs to the category of knowledge knowledge. In this sense, traditional Chinese medicine with the attribute of knowledge knowledge is more suitable for hand-to-hand teaching by words and deeds, passing it on from master to apprentice, and making it comprehend. College education can lead more students to the threshold of TCM, master the basic knowledge of TCM, and further improve the thinking ability of TCM through teacher education. It is necessary to further improve the understanding of the law of intellectual innovation and development. At the same time, traditional Chinese medicine has the characteristics of strong tacit knowledge. Famous and old Chinese medicine practitioners have formed their own unique dialectical thinking and medication methods in the long-term diagnosis and treatment practice, which makes the clinical medical records of famous and old Chinese medicine full of tacit knowledge. The traditional Chinese medicine education is difficult to impart the academic essence and hidden experience of famous and old Chinese medicine to young doctors. Many inheritance and training projects lack accurate data mining technology, management norms and application platforms, resulting in a large number of famous and old Chinese medicine experts. With effective inheritance, many unique and effective diagnosis and treatment techniques and methods are on the verge of being lost. In recent years, with the rapid development of technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, traditional Chinese medicine inheritance research is expected to break through the existing bottleneck. Strengthen the protection of traditional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and technology mining. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the research on non-drug therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, carry out the screening of clinical diagnosis and treatment technology, health care technology, rehabilitation technology, as well as the investigation, mining and sorting, research evaluation and promotion of traditional Chinese medicine folk diagnosis and treatment technology. application etc.
In terms of culture, culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Without a high degree of cultural self-confidence and without cultural prosperity, there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The exact efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic shows that traditional Chinese medicine culture is the embodiment of the strong vitality of Chinese culture and the eternal charm of Chinese civilization. It is necessary to expand the breadth and depth of the communication of traditional Chinese medicine culture, dig deep into the traditional Chinese medicine health preservation culture, and improve the health literacy of citizens; attach importance to the cultural construction of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, improve the satisfaction of staff and patients in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals; pay attention to the interaction between cultural communication and the “Belt and Road” , Promote cultural exchanges and integration along the route, expand the influence of Chinese culture, and make contributions to the construction of the “Belt and Road” and the promotion of national cultural soft power.
Author: Xu Fengqin (member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, vice president of Xiyuan Hospital)