Is TCM really pseudoscience?

I think the fundamental difference between traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine lies not in their theoretical systems or treatment methods (prescriptions), but in the evolution of theoretical systems. The development of Chinese medicine mainly depends on experience, such as a kind of grass that has never been recorded, so we can only try, a disease that has never happened, and try to cure it. This development model is inefficient, but even if it is inefficient, after thousands of years of trying, it has indeed gained a lot of valuable experience. These experiences can deal with many established situations and do have certain effects, so the treatment methods (prescriptions) of traditional Chinese medicine are very valuable to human beings. However, there is no way for human beings to really explain why these means are effective, which element in medicinal materials produces what kind of reaction in the body to get such a result, whether all elements are necessary, and why the same means are ineffective for different individuals. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine seems to explain all this, but this theory is full of fantasy, which is a set of theories imagined when human cognition cannot explain natural phenomena. This theory is not based on a real understanding of the laws of nature, but on superficial experience gained through constant attempts. So I think the development model of TCM is inefficient, and the theory of TCM is pseudoscience, but the treatment methods and prescriptions left by TCM are very valuable. Its value lies not only in being able to cope with many traditional diseases, but also in providing the results of many formulas, so that modern science can study the process of these formulas more pertinently. This is my understanding of "waste drug testing". Of course, modern science also depends on a lot of experience, but its core lies in studying the fundamental laws of the material world, especially when human beings open the door to the micro-world, and their understanding of the material world advances by leaps and bounds. Western medicine is based on modern science and modern scientific spirit. It's not that we don't emphasize the whole, but that the current scientific understanding of human body and life is not enough, which leads to the fact that western medicine can only work in a small range in the human body for the time being. The advantage of science is to formulate the world, but it can draw inferences from others and deal with new phenomena faster. Therefore, in the face of emerging new diseases, western medicine can quickly find treatment and preventive measures. The goal of science is to thoroughly understand the material world. Western medicine is in charge of biological research. Although I don't know how long it will take, western medicine will one day be able to find out what happens to every molecule atom or smaller particle of a living body, what life is and how consciousness is produced. At that time, humans even had the ability to make humans. Science is still too young, but it is developing rapidly. Therefore, western medicine will eventually explain everything about Chinese medicine, and it is time for Chinese medicine to completely change from a tool to a pure culture.

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