The so-called Chinese medicine thinking, that is, do not follow the Western medical thinking, and do not be too serious about things you do not understand. For example, what is yin and yang, what are the five elements. How to prove the existence of yin and yang, how to prove the existence of the five elements and so on.

When you are just starting to learn Chinese medicine, the first thing you should do is to start with Chinese culture. In addition to studying Chinese medical writings, you should also dabble in subjects such as health care, Taoism, I Ching, and even nature, and learn to understand and integrate them slowly.

The study of Chinese medicine is closely related to life, just as anything can be experienced in the philosophy of life, the life of the drops, are also can be realized in the philosophy of Chinese medicine. What do you mean by cold collection, what do you mean by wetness entanglement, what do you mean by yin pole and Yang Sheng, what do you mean by negative pole and so on, and so on and so forth.

Learning Chinese medicine depends on personal enlightenment. Not everyone is suitable for learning Chinese medicine, just like not everyone can do comedy. Chinese medicine is a discipline and a craft. It may seem mysterious to outsiders, but in fact it is very difficult to learn it well, and it is also very much a matter of hard work and lifelong accumulation. Without ten years of hard work as a foundation, it can be said that it is very difficult to succeed and pass the first threshold.

As the saying goes, as long as one is willing to work hard, as long as one is interested in Chinese medicine, it doesn't matter whether one has a basic knowledge of Chinese medicine or whether one is educated or not, through hard learning and accumulation, one can become a famous doctor of a generation.

[Don't learn Chinese medicine, let alone Chinese thinking]

Before studying any discipline, we all need to first understand what that discipline actually does and where it stands in the academic system. Just like a blind date looking for a job, there is always nothing wrong with a background research first. After the research you will realize that the mindset [of Chinese medicine] used to cure diseases is wrong and has long been rejected.

The son said that the name must also be correct. First of all, everyone said [Chinese medicine] [Western medicine] name is not right, these two kinds of medicine is not in (East), West contrast, but the ancient and modern contrast. Ancient Chinese traditional medicine, with the Western ancient traditional medicine, the idea is actually the same, made the same childish mistakes, just the specific form is different, as if you wear a suit or a line of long shirts, is the cheongsam or evening gowns, from the basic function of covering warmth and decorative up no difference.

What we call Western medicine is actually [modern medicine] regardless of national or ethnic background.

In ancient China, the five elements of yin and yang, and in ancient Greece, the four elements, were phenomena observed by the ancients when they tried to investigate the composition of our world, including the human body, and were mistakenly taken as essential laws and believed in them. The two ancient traditional Chinese and Western medicines developed on this basis are in fact "brothers and sisters" in terms of methodology.

Of course, we must also understand that these mistakes of the ancients were in fact compelled to do so because the level of scientific development at that time was not sufficient, and the ancients did not have the means to study the deeper laws behind the phenomena, so they could only stack the beds on top of the mistakes, weave theories and use them for treatment.

(Well, many people ask, whether the ideological basis of Chinese medicine is wrong or not, then why is Chinese medicine effective in curing diseases?)

In fact, "Chinese medicine is effective" is a big pit, because traditional medicine does not really [verify the effectiveness] of the method. We have to know that the human body is self-healing, such as the common cold and most other diseases, in fact, do not need to take medication will be self-healing. (Sometimes medication is to improve the state, such as a company executive, you do not want to go to the meeting with snotty nose, take medicine to alleviate the situation).

So, most patients who do take medication and get better after a while, it's not necessarily the medication they take that works. Rather, it is their bodily functions themselves. Lack of logical proof, resulting in both doctors and patients actually do not know how to cure, how not cured. Of course, most of the patients still have the opportunity to send a "wonderful hands back to life" banner, those who do not have the opportunity, well, the ancient doctors do not know the treatment of life ah, hanging is the fate, right?

The lack of [proven effective] methods has resulted in a wide variety of schools of Chinese medicine practitioners, even contradictory and inconsistent. Ancient TCM practitioners themselves did not have the same understanding of the same disease or drug, which is hardly a complete academic system, and therefore even harder to talk about as "effective". Lack of fundamental methodological discussion, so that Chinese medicine is actually a pile of (not even a set of) yet to be organized shallow understanding. The ancients said [prescription], and not after [comparison verification], just [used, good], that is, someone has eaten just, there is no effective, must be re-examined.

So are herbs effective or not? This must be identified at the root. Note that this does not mean, bring the ancient formula, directly find a group of people to verify, [from the form of] verification and finished. More importantly, we must revisit the knowledge handed down from antiquity in terms of principle. Because [the theory that guided the ancients in prescribing the formula has been disproved], this means that [the formula] doesn't really work either. Ancient people generally did not live long, and the fact that emperors and aristocrats who were able to purchase the best medical care had nearly the same average lifespan as commoners who could not afford to eat or wear much less to see a doctor is clear evidence of this. Validation, needs to be done at the root, not formally.

In our past education, we have focused too much on bits and pieces of knowledge when learning about science, neglecting (or at least not emphasizing) the role of scientific thinking and scientific spirit. So much so that we may think that since there are two views, both may be right; but for the reality of scientific theories, there is a requirement of unity and homogeneity, and a requirement of logical self-consistency. It is impossible for two contradictory theories to coexist. We neglect even more that in fact the old theories have long since been proved wrong and discarded.

For example, in our textbooks, when Aristotle's certain understanding of the world is ridiculed, what is actually subverted is not only the basic theoretical understanding of the natural world (including life and the human body) in Western antiquity, but also the basic understanding of the natural world of the ancient people of China at the same time. In other words, when [Western traditional medicine] was overthrown and abandoned by modern science, [ancient Chinese traditional medicine] was also overthrown and abandoned. It is only because modern science was born in Europe that we do not perceive this effect.

When modern science came from the West, we could not help labeling it as "Western". In fact, there is no difference between the West and the East, whether in terms of pragmatism or in terms of theoretical sophistication. When our sages looked to the West in the past two centuries for ways to save the country and the world, did they ever have in mind that "the West" must be resisted?

Therefore, we should not abandon modern scientific methods that have been proven to be effective because of changes in certain realistic policies, and blindly pursue ancient methods that have long been proven to be wrong, methods that even the ancients themselves did not consider to be true and effective, and which were not agreed upon, and which were only stored temporarily to await the coming generations. The coming one should learn from it, rather than blindly worship, thinking that there is a great ancient wisdom.

For those who have studied modern science, since modern science has already gained a fairly in-depth understanding of the world we live in, whether it be the basic components of matter, including the basic structures, functions, and principles of animals, plants, and the human body, then discussions of the real world must be conducted from this foundation; rather than starting with "ancient theories" and "ancient thinking". " and not from "ancient theories" or "ancient thinking".

On the contrary, with modern knowledge, as long as we have a scientific vision and do not blindly believe in the ancients, it is actually very easy to identify which understandings of the ancients were right, which understandings made mistakes, and which ones were wrong in every sense of the word. For the understanding of the ancients, especially the understanding that wants to continue to inherit and develop, it is necessary to start from the reading and refutation of the ancient texts, rather than adopting the posture of kneeling and worshiping, believing that everything is very clever, even more clever than modern people. In fact, modern people with a full compulsory education, if they go back to ancient times, (as long as they are not burned as heretics), can easily kill the first-class scholars of antiquity, and the scientific progress over the centuries is unimaginable to the ancients.

As modern people, it is important to learn modern knowledge and to think scientifically, rather than letting ancient ideas borrow from the past. Inheritance without critique is lazy and irresponsible, and humiliates our ancestors who fought hard to make our existence possible.

I am a TCM doctor and have been studying TCM for more than ten years. I have a little bit of my own opinion about TCM thinking.

Many people who want to learn Chinese medicine are told to think like a Chinese doctor.

Looking back to the time when we studied Chinese medicine, due to our specialization, we first studied the basics of Western medicine for two years. But it led to the fact that at the back, most of the 140 people in a large class who preferred Chinese medicine switched to Western medicine.

Because in the beginning, the brain is implanted with the Western medicine mindset, the brain simply can't run the Chinese medicine stuff. Many people cannot understand or even reject or even loathe it.

What exactly is TCM thinking?

In fact, after in-depth study of Chinese medicine to realize that the so-called Chinese medicine thinking is the traditional Chinese thinking. That is to say, the Chinese land, the ancient people of a habit of thinking and the way of understanding the world.

To summarize, I think there are two things. One is 'elephant' thinking, and the other is 'analogy'. It is also known as taking images and comparing them with analogies, and grasping things.

Observe the phase of nature to physically observe the laws. Observation to check the internal organs.

The unity of heaven and man runs through it.

To think like this or to get used to thinking like this, you have to learn and absorb from the classics of the ancients or from literature.

For example, in the Book of Songs, a large number of picaresque techniques are used, and in the poems and songs of various dynasties, a large number of analogies are used to compare and contrast, and the thinking of the elephant. For example, the sad description of the fall is actually in the writing of the mood of melancholy .........

Of course all this thinking is highly summarized in the I Ching, the classic. It has also been said that if you don't know Yiyan, you don't know medicine, and that medicine and Yiyan are one and the same.

Ancient literati is to learn these things to grow up, learning Chinese medicine is very natural to accept. That's why in ancient times there was 'a showman learning medicine, catching chickens in a cage.' Such a saying.

So if you want to cultivate the thinking of Chinese medicine, you have to, to draw from, among the ancient classics of our country, the literature.

As the saying goes, you can tell the difference between a leaf and an autumn leaf by looking at it.

Greetings! Thank you very much for your invitation! Want to start learning Chinese medicine, then you need to first understand what Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine, is in China's ancient simple materialism and philosophical dialectics under the influence and guidance of thought, through long-term medical practice, continuous accumulation, repeated summarization of the gradual formation of a unique style of traditional medical science, is the Chinese nation's long-term fight against the disease of the extremely rich experience, with thousands of years of long history, is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. We want to learn Chinese medicine systematically, we have to have the thinking mode of Chinese medicine theory system, which is different from the current western culture or modern medical science.

I. Worldview of Chinese medicine:The materialistic view of ancient Chinese philosophy ranges from the pluralism of the five elements to the dualism of yin and yang, ultimately unifying in the monism of qi. It is believed that the essence of the world is material (which is more than 2,000 years ahead of the West), and that the origin of all things in the world is qi. Then came the doctrine of yin and yang and the theory of the five elements. All are TCM worldviews based on the monism of qi.

Second, the overall concept of Chinese medicine: Chinese medicine believes that the objective world from nature to human society, anything is composed of various elements in a certain way of the unified whole. The whole is composed of its components in a certain way, people and everything in heaven and earth is the unity of the whole, which is the concept of "unity of heaven and man". For example, the five elements correspond to the five organs, the four seasons correspond to the limbs, the twelve seasons correspond to the twelve meridians, etc. When applied to Chinese medicine, it is holistic and systematic treatment, which is different from the Western medicine of "treating the head when the head aches and treating the foot when the foot hurts".

Third, the concept of prevention of disease: Chinese medicine believes that human beings and nature and society as a whole, are constantly moving, is in constant motion, so Chinese medicine puts forward "before the disease first prevention, has been the disease of prevention of change," the concept of prevention.

The theory system of Chinese medicine is vast and profound, and the above is just a brief and concise overview. I hope it helps, and I hope you learn something to add color to the traditional Chinese medicine culture!

How should I develop a TCM mindset?

First of all, I would like to ask, is the subject a passing interest, but the decision to practice medicine for a lifetime, the great doctor to the sincerity of the doctor can do justice to the heart of the doctor. This is a very important question, please answer carefully. Chinese medicine is not a child's play, if you do not have a strong will, it is better to give up before it is too late.

It's for your own good to advise you before you go all the way half-assed and give up wasting time and energy.

It is because Chinese medicine is really not easy to learn nowadays. To be precise, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is easy to be a quack and genuinely difficult to meet one.

Why do I say so? Because the real Chinese medicine, is a lonely road, when you know the real connotation of Chinese medicine, you will not dare to talk to people, because you are already out of step with this society. It is not as good as the quacks really, do not know and will not worry about the worry of knowing, at ease.

But I believe that at this point in time to learn medicine, who do not want to learn three real things. The way of medicine is difficult to be born, do some things in line with the trend is right, if not the nature of the heart of the great firm and courageous generation, advise you still do not get involved in the Chinese medicine of this gear. For your own good.

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Personally, I believe that Chinese medicine thinking is the Taoist method of nature, knowing astronomy and geography, and knowing personnel. Utilizing the relationship between the five elements, the overall consideration to identify and treat.

Cultivating a Chinese medicine mindset. The rationality of Chinese medicine lies in the practicality of Chinese medicine, in the fact that Chinese medicine can practically cure diseases and save people's lives.

The author was invited to write aChinese medicine should not be explained by the word "science", but more logically by the word "useful"!", the article has been visited about 100,000 times with hundreds of likes and comments. And the question here has likewise had about 40 favorites, which also shows that the public is concerned about the issue of Chinese medicine. The author plans to spend a longer time to analyze where the practicality of Chinese medicine lies, or where the scientific rationality lies.

First, the logical system of Chinese medicine and modern medical logic system is completely at a different level of research, with the "scientific" logic of Western medicine to apply the practicality of Chinese medicine will only bring logical chaos; Chinese medicine is a kind of truth!

Figure: The system of analytical and diagnostic logics that modern medicine has built up in accordance with the logic of modern science

In the verification of the "scientificity" of Chinese medicine, it cannot be described by the concept of "science", but can only be verified by the two yardsticks of "practice and truth"."Practice has proved that Chinese medicine can cure diseases and save lives", then practice has tested that Chinese medicine at least meets the standard of truth.

Second, understand the Chinese medicine "practical practicality" results have guaranteed the premise, Chinese medicine education and preaching will have the bottom line, in any case, China may actually provide treatment and protection for human health;

Chinese medicine has distilled almost all the fruits of all Eastern civilizations, and Western medicine can even be reduced to a tiny branch of Chinese medicine.

Nowadays, the actual medical practice also recognizes the effectiveness of the practice of Chinese medicine! At least that's how some foreign healers use TCM!

A lot of Westerners, Koreans, Japanese people are vainly delayed strange secret formula, such as Yunnan Baiyao, Yulin bone prescription, but also includes the needle scorching technology, gua sha technology and so on with a bit of singularity of the therapy of modern Western medicine modern scientific theory is not easy to illustrate the principle of it.The pragmatism of Western science is the same as the practical-to-superior principle of Chinese medicine.

A few kinds of grasses, a few kinds of ores, or even a few kinds of ingredients, together with the same formula that cannot be precisely explained, produce pills and potions that can cure diseases and save lives. It cannot be explained by Western medical theories or even modern scientific theories, but it can be analyzed clearly by using the way of thinking of Chinese medicine.

Thirdly, we must beware of the deliberate interference and confusion of the forces of anti-Chinese culture abroad in the cultural education of Chinese medicine, so that the education of the Chinese medicine system of thinking will again be tied up in high places;

Medicine is a discipline directly related to life, and behind the scenes, it agrees that there are cultural contrasts and economic wrestling. The famous U.S. President Richard Nixon published a book called "1999: Winning Without War". In this book, he wrote a strategy for "peaceful evolution" of culture against the Chinese youth: he instructed his successors: "When the day comes that the young people of China no longer believe in the teachings of their forefathers and their traditional culture, we Americans will have won without a fight! ... ..." What this quote illustrates is that they are aware that there is a fear of the fruits and utility of such ancient Eastern cultures as Chinese medicine!

Fourth, the confusion of Chinese medicine: the battle between two cultures and two economies;

Human civilization in the modern world can be generally divided into two types: one is the Western civilization represented by Western science; the other is the Eastern civilization represented by the Chinese civilization. With the Western microscopic science and technology reasoning means in-depth to the level of molecular size, through the muscle lesion state enlargement observation, found bacteria, found viruses, found 'different' for mathematical quantification. Thus, the medicine is applied to the target, eliminating the abnormalities, and people get healthy and recovered. A kind of typical reasoning logic of "science is useful if the result is effective".

The healing criterion of Chinese medicine lies in the restoration of the whole physiological system of a person. The acceptance criteria of Chinese medicine is different, it emphasizes on tracing the root cause, finding the root cause to solve the root cause, both to verify the recovery of the disease and to determine the improvement of the symptom. This should be the biggest difference between TCM and Western medicine in terms of practice standards.

The central theories of Chinese medicine are the doctrine of the five elements of 'gold, wood, water, fire and earth'; the doctrine of the balance of yin and yang. Although it cannot be explained with the mathematical-physiological system of Western medicine, the theoretical logic of Chinese medicine may explain Western medicine! , in the face of such facts, we should analyze the limitations of the theoretical system of Western medicine.

Sixth, Chinese medicine and Western medicine theory system thinking method analysis: Chinese medicine seeks to system theory philosophy to depict health care and pathology, Western medicine seeks to physicochemical mathematics to quantify the pathology.

Chinese medicine with the help of a little bit of metaphysical color of the theory of yin and yang, analysis and diagnosis of the overall state of the patient's body, the view of a leaf pushed the body of yin and yin and five elements of the mismatch, with 'suppressing the south and long north' of the five elements of the yin and yang conditioning ideas, 'pointing to the east to hit the west' can cure people's illnesses. There are a lot of still western medicine are desperate difficult disease.

The theory of Chinese medicine emphasizes on "regulation", while Western medicine emphasizes on "governance". The main body of Chinese medicine is concerned with the transformation of enemies into friends, while Western medicine is concerned with the exclusion of organisms that are different from one another. Traditional Chinese medicine has its own bad cypress, Western medicine also has a lot of mistakes. What we need to do with history is to be rational, and to use modern knowledge to "remove the rough from the fine". Maybe in the future, we will have new discoveries.

The practicality of Chinese medicine proves that it is also useful!

The kind of people who act as agents of Western capital to destroy Chinese culture in order to confuse Chinese culture, in order to make future generations not recognize Chinese culture, but only recognize Western cultural logic and social values. This kind of people is the enemy of the revival of Chinese culture, but also the enemy of the Chinese culture.

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To cultivate the thinking of Chinese medicine practitioners, the first thing is to have a solid foundation, the diagnostic theory of looking, hearing, questioning, and treating and the function of the sex and flavor of traditional Chinese medicines are mastered, and when facing the patients, they should carefully collect and think about the evidence of the disease, and they should carry the patients' pains and pains in their hearts, and equip themselves with the ideology of serving the patients with all their heart and soul.

Chinese medicine is reverse thinking, observing the influence of the environment on the growth of plants and animals, rice likes paddy fields, wheat likes dry land, mushrooms like damp and dark ，，，，，，，，， If you change one of them, wheat planted in paddy fields die, rice planted in dry land die, mushrooms die in the sun. For this reason, Chinese medicine has established the theory of phasing. Water grams of fire, fire grams of gold, gold grams of wood, wood grams of earth, earth grams of water ，，，，，，，， earth in the birth of gold, gold birth of water, water birth of wood, wood birth of fire, fire birth of earth.