Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Theory of Not Losing Human Feelings

I often read the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine and always stand up in shock, sighing with emotion that the medical ancestor really knows people too well. “Take into account the human feelings”, doctors should follow too, but really do, is too difficult. About human feelings are divided into three categories: one is the patient’s feelings, the second is the feelings of the next person, the third is the doctor’s feelings. The so-called patient’s feelings, each of the five organs deviates from the normal state, joy and anger and other temperaments are excessive, the Yang-heat body should use cold medicine, the Yin-cold body should use warm medicine; to the patient resistant to drugs to take a gentle medicine is not effective, to the patient not resistant to drugs to take a strong medicine and harmful. This is the difference of physical quality. There are different likes and dislikes in movement, and different likes and dislikes in food and drink; to those who love to listen to auspicious words, they are criticized for their illness, and to those who love to be depressed, they are suspected of being hypocritical when they say some words of relief; to those who do not trust you, it is difficult to implement even sincere advice, and to those who love to be suspicious, they are suspicious when they hear frank and deep words. This is the difference between the psychological good and bad. The rich tend to be capricious and do not follow the taboos of healing, while the noble tend to be arrogant and arrogant and go against the grain. This is the difference in social status. Some of them just accept the right words of the faithful, and then they are immediately replaced by the wrong sermons, and there are many different opinions and nothing to do, and finally there is no result. This is the result of having no opinion. Some of them are most afraid of appearing outside, and only seek to be safe, which ends in failure to help. This is the victim of over-caution. Some are in a bad situation and unsuccessful in their search for business, and they are always worrying in their hearts, which is difficult to be cured by good medicine. This is harmed by the worry of gain and loss. Some people who are anxious suffer from chronic diseases, change medical methods from time to time and take all kinds of drugs; some chronic people have acute diseases, delaying treatment and ultimately difficult to recover. This is harmed by temperamental nature. Some are afraid of tonic, once they hear that they need tonic, their heart is blocked first; some are afraid of attacking and expelling stubborn diseases, once they hear that they need to attack, their mind is immediately disorganized. This is harmed by prejudice. Some are afraid of being sick, have a hidden condition not to say, or even deliberately conceal the condition, so that the doctor appropriate pulse to say the disease to test the doctor. Simply do not understand, since ancient times, highly skilled doctors, did not give up the four diagnoses among the look, smell, and ask, and only by the pulse to see the disease. Besides, if the pulse of the right inch of the patient’s mouth is grand, we know that he is suffering from an injury, but how can we know when he was injured and what kind of food he was injured by with the pulse? These are the feelings of the patient, which must not be ignored. There are those who talk about the evidence, but the disease does not necessarily match; there are those who publish the treatment without evidence, but have they ever dreamed of the reason for the cure? Some people hold the power to select doctors, and those who agree with them think they are right, and those who disagree with them think they are wrong, but they do not know what is right and what is wrong; some people, based on superficial knowledge, save the head for a headache and the foot for a pain, but who knows which is the root and which is the target? Some people have an honorable status, insist on his statement, it is difficult to disobey, and some people are close to the paranoid opinion is difficult to refuse. Another example is the recommendation of a doctor, every time it is a matter of life and death. Some have good personal relationships and recommended, some do not see the doctor vulgar and superficial only see his treatment accidentally effective and recommended, some believe that the doctor’s eloquence and recommended, some took the doctor’s benefits and recommended, some even vanilla stink grass can not distinguish the arrogant and reckless to comment, said you good, robbers can be described as sage, said you bad, the phoenix can be described as an owl, and even have a brilliant medical skills of people, brush off, so that the patient in deep danger. So that the patient, who is in grave danger, sits and waits for death. These are the feelings of others, which must not be ignored. Some of them are good at deceiving people, some are good at saying auspicious words to please people, some are good at arguing and deceiving people, and some say some sinister foresight to scare people. These are the stream of flowery words. Some make friends with the patient’s family and friends, some enlist the patient’s family servants, some camping for recommendations, some are not invited to their own door, these are the stream of bent to meet. Some do not have knowledge in their stomachs, arguing that it is taught by the gods, do not know a few words, pretending to pretend that it is a secret teaching. These are the stream of fraud. Some look, smell, ask, cut, do not care in the slightest, regardless of the flavor of the drug to the meridian stroll carefree use, arrogantly said that others foolish I wise, others rusty I familiar. These are the reckless streams. Some jealousy is very strong, to exclude others as a good thing, on the surface of the relationship is very good, secretly bad words, right and wrong reversed, to falsehood. These are the jealousy of the stream. Some are greedy and ignorant and despise human life. If there is a dangerous disease that is difficult to diagnose, good doctors are difficult to decide and are extremely detailed and cautious, hoping to make a turnaround; these doctors are greedy for merit and dispose of it casually, so that the disease is aggravated, transferring the responsibility and hiding themselves. These are the streams that seek to get something other than their share. Some of them have their own opinions, and there is no unity of opinion. The excellent medical skills of good doctors are known to few people, and those who are excellent are denigrated. A Qi man taught the Chu people to learn the Qi language, and the Chu people clamored. These are all superficial streams. Some doctors and patients are familiar with each other, so they treat patients hastily and greedily; some do not know each other, but occasionally invite them to consult, and since the patient’s family does not know the doctor, when they are sick, they suddenly ask this one and sometimes that one, and the doctor refuses to complain, but only uses some ordinary medicine. When the stakes are high, they avoid each other’s suspicions and seek not to be complained about, which is indeed brilliant; but whose fault is it that they miss the opportunity? This is because the understanding of the doctor is not true, the appointment of doctors is not dedicated. Which of these is not human kindness? And there are many aspects of human feelings that are difficult to explain. The sage’s admonition not to neglect human feelings is to make those who study medicine think about it carefully and not to be infected by bad habits. However, if one does not neglect, one will inevitably have to give in, but giving in will hinder one’s condition, and not giving in will hinder one’s feelings, and there are certain conditions that one cannot give in to, and there are feelings that one has to give in to. That’s why it’s so hard to really do it!