In the practice of Chinese medicine, we often encounter some misconceptions about Chinese medicine. Now a brief explanation of the general common problems, I hope to help people who want to understand Chinese medicine. 1, pulse diagnosis that is the same as the diagnosis of disease. Some people think that to see Chinese medicine without the patient to speak, the doctor a pulse what will know. Therefore, he sat down in the consultation room, hand on the pulse pillow, two eyes look directly at the doctor, just waiting for the doctor under the diagnosis. Do not know that the diagnosis of Chinese medicine is to look, smell, ask questions and cut, the four diagnoses together, the lack of one can not be, to generalize will only delay the disease; more “the pulse for symptoms” when the pulse diagnosis of the false image can not be used as a basis for diagnosis. And some of the so-called “famous doctors” is precisely this approach to the letter, fraud, is also we have to prevent! 2, Chinese medicine and Western medicine diagnosis confusion. Some people like to ask: doctor you check the pulse to see if I suffer from hepatitis? The big three yang? Tuberculosis? The actual diagnosis of Chinese medicine and Western medicine is very different. Chinese medicine diagnosis emphasizes the symptoms rather than the name of the disease, so the name of the disease in Chinese medicine is mostly the symptoms, such as headache, stomach pain, etc.; while Chinese medicine treatment mainly focuses on the symptoms, so the identification of evidence must be accurate, such as cold, heat, deficiency and internal organs positioning. Western medicine diagnosis is mostly localization or pathological diagnosis, which are two systems with TCM diagnosis, and can be related, but there is no equivalent connection. For example, hepatitis B in Western medicine can be jaundice in TCM, or dystrophy or dropsy. Therefore one cannot ask for a TCM diagnosis to give a Western diagnosis of the disease. 3. Kidney deficiency equals critical illness? Some people see TCM for the express purpose of diagnosing whether kidney deficiency? Kidney deficiency is a common term in today’s medical advertisements, and the slightest back pain or reproductive dysfunction refers directly to kidney deficiency (kidney yang deficiency). In fact, in Chinese medicine theory, the kidneys are the main source of reproduction, but also the main source of essence, the main source of Qi, and the main source of water. Although the kidney yin and kidney yang is the root of all the yin and yang, but the general kidney deficiency is not life threatening and can be treated. There is no need to make kidney deficiency sound alarming and alarming, kidney deficiency is not equal to critical illness, critical illness of kidney deficiency also indicates that can be treated from the kidney only. Kidney deficiency is a guide to Chinese medicine treatment, not a sign to determine the severity of the disease. 4, deer antler for kidney yang. Whenever winter comes, many patients who claim to have “kidney deficiency” will ask for a pulse check to determine if they can take deer antler. Deer antler is a severe tonic for kidney yang and is generally suitable for severe kidney yang deficiency, but may not be necessary for mild cases. Nowadays, deer antler is mostly cut and grown in captivity, so its tonic effect is very limited and its price is also becoming more affordable than in the past. If you can grasp the indications correctly, it is not a bad idea to apply it to the evidence. But for those who do not have obvious Yang deficiency, appropriate dietary adjustments and physical exercise, more to achieve the balance of Yin and Yang, the purpose of strengthening the body. 5, Chinese medicine for health. With the increase in health awareness, Chinese medicine health care is also gradually hot. Someone said: “Chinese medicine is the Chinese way of life”, I agree. Even if there is no TCM health care, there is still the wisdom of TCM health care in the daily life of Chinese people. For example, the cold and hot nature of the diet, the cold and hot nature of the body, the adjustment of life and living, the protection against evil and wind …… are all the crystallization of the experience of health care. The essence of this is to follow the nature and balance and coordination. There is no need to drink mung bean soup every day when it is said that mung beans detoxify the body, and eat raw eggplant to lower fat when it absorbs oil! In fact, the wisdom of daily life is more effective, more real and more feasible than some theories! It is just that we are not aware of it. True health care does not need to be deliberate, it’s best naturally!