How to treat TCM fairly and rationally?

How to treat TCM fairly and rationally: Practice is the only criterion for testing truth? In the thousands of years before western medicine was introduced into China, what did the people of China mainly rely on to prevent and treat diseases? Even today, when western medicine is highly developed, traditional medicine in countries all over the world, such as Egypt, India and Arabia, has declined one after another, while Chinese medicine still maintains a strong vitality. Facts speak louder than words: France published books on traditional Chinese medicine as early as the 7th century, and used acupuncture to treat diseases. The World Health Organization clearly pointed out in the "Global Development Strategy of Traditional Medicine" in 2003 that acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine and other traditional medicines are being widely valued around the world and playing an important role in human health care. Imagine: how can a drug that has no curative effect and no value be circulated for thousands of years and still be full of vitality? You should know that medicine is not a child's play, it is related to the life and death of human diseases. The most fundamental value of TCM lies in curative effect, and curative effect is the last word. It is precisely because of the unique and remarkable curative effect of Chinese medicine that Chinese medicine can be passed down from generation to generation and carried forward!

Second, look at the problems existing in Chinese medicine objectively. No subject in the world is perfect, and Chinese medicine is no exception. Due to the constraints of society, history, science and technology, culture and other factors, the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine presents an almost closed structure, which is in a state of "outsiders want to know, but they can't get in". I want to break through and can't get out. Many thoughts and theories of TCM are rough and general, and most of them are based on intuition or experience. "I only know what it is, I don't know why." While affirming the excellent curative effect of Chinese medicine on many diseases, we should also see that Chinese medicine has its own limitations in treating diseases, and the curative effect of Chinese medicine on some diseases is not good, or even completely helpless. At the same time, we should also realize that due to historical limitations, Chinese medicine is inevitably mixed with some dross, and some aspects are even idealistic. Even the classic works of traditional Chinese medicine are by no means golden rules and meticulous words. These undoubtedly restrict the development of Chinese medicine to varying degrees and affect people's views and evaluations of Chinese medicine. Third, treat Chinese medicine correctly and rationally. As for whether Chinese medicine is scientific, I think people should treat it rationally: neither blindly worship nor easily deny it. Undeniably, TCM is a system in which essence and dross coexist. There is no doubt that we should get rid of those dross; For the essence, we should absorb and make good use of it; As for those contents that are difficult to understand, confirm or deny at present, we can temporarily doubt them for further discussion and research. People who don't know Chinese medicine can be skeptical, but please don't jump to conclusions and completely deny Chinese medicine. Because many people just don't understand TCM, they misunderstand TCM and come to the conclusion that TCM is pseudoscience. For example, according to the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in TCM, many people naturally associate them with fortune telling and witchcraft as soon as they see them, thus firmly believing that TCM is unscientific. There is actually a misunderstanding. The theory of yin-yang and five elements originally belonged to the category of ancient philosophy and prevailed in spring.