Into Chinese Medicine – Communication Skills in Chinese Medicine

People communicate with each other in a variety of ways every day. And the communication between doctors and patients is also an act throughout the treatment process. Chinese medicine, the treasure of 5,000 years of Chinese culture, as a study and service object of human beings, the communication between Chinese doctors and patients has both the commonality of medicine and the unique characteristics closely related to Chinese culture. The classical description of the treatment behavior in the “Great Medical Sincerity” by Sun Simiao, a great doctor of the Tang Dynasty, is the code of conduct for our TCM doctors and the moral basis for patient communication, which has been repeatedly recited for thousands of years, bearing in mind. It is even equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath of Western medicine. He said, “。。。。。。 Whenever a great physician treats a disease, he must calm his mind, have no desire and no want, and first be merciful and compassionate, vowing to save the suffering of all spirits. If a person comes to seek help from a disease or illness, he or she must not ask about his or her noble, poor, rich or poor, young or old, good or bad friends, Chinese or foreigners, fools or wise, all of them are the same, just like the thought of the most dear relatives 。。。。。。” If the doctor has a prior distinction between noble and poor, and sees that the poor people have a dead face, how can they communicate sincerely, but sometimes leave the root of the doctor-patient dispute. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine doctors often silently remember the code of conduct before seeing a patient, and face the patient with a neutral, peaceful and kind mind in Confucianism. Anyone who becomes a famous TCM doctor in a generation must be a kind and courteous person with kind eyes. Chen Yan, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine With the moral code, there is also a lot to be said about communication with patients in the process of seeing a doctor, and the ancient sages of famous doctors in China paid special attention to verbal communication and communication with patients. However, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners often communicate with patients and collect information about their illnesses beyond words. As the saying goes, “To speak, first be happy,” the doctor’s knitted brows and smiles often have a thousand different effects on patients. Communication is first of all emotional guidance, experienced Chinese medicine practitioners often have their own unique emotional guidance skills, for example, see a painful face, frowning, eyes dull patient, the doctor often smile and gaze, and then kindly greet: “how long has this been the case? How can the doctor ask how long it has been, when the patient has not said anything before he or she opens his or her mouth? Then, by looking at the patient’s external appearance, such as color, skin tone, shape, posture, movement, expression, and the height of the voice, combined with the pulse diagnosis of the three parts and nine hou, the doctor basically has a preliminary understanding of the patient’s general condition, and then asks the patient with a comprehensive analysis of the conclusion, “You have weak limbs, soreness of the waist and knees, right? Or you get up frequently at night, are afraid of cold and dream a lot, right? You are bad-tempered and often angry, right? They will think: “I haven’t said anything yet, but the doctor knows so much, this doctor has a level”, since the patient’s trust is obtained, the next inquiry is naturally “know everything, say everything”. “. Therefore, the observation of speech is a great tool for Chinese medicine diagnosis, but can do this, often easier said than done, not only to guide the patient, but also to have a good basic skills of Chinese medicine. If the diagnosis of the eyes and pulse is not good, the cold and heat are not distinguished, the surface and interior is not clear, the reality is difficult to distinguish, how to get the patient’s approval? Because of the difficulty in accumulating experience, there is a folk preference for old Chinese medicine. In fact, as long as the heart to learn medicine, to the heart of the medical, combined with the advanced ideas of modern medicine of young Chinese medicine can also be good, see the disease. I remember my teacher taught me before I started that “the mouth is the gateway to the heart” and that it is important for a doctor to “speak”. A doctor’s speech represents both professionalism and personal qualities. Language carries a lot of information that people want to express to each other, and it is an essential vehicle and bridge for communication. If you talk to an illiterate old man about yin and yang and the five elements, it is the same as not talking at all, and you will not gain the patient’s goodwill and trust, nor will you gather the right information. My teacher asked me to practice medicine first of all, not to deceive patients, deception to the end no one will believe you, a doctor who is not believed can only be discredited. Secondly, speaking should be skillful and artistic, learning to use the right language to express the right meaning, straight talk is easy to hurt the patient. Again, practicing communication is not a skillful method, but a change of mind. “If you don’t treat your patients as human beings, you are not human in the eyes of others.” In the course of my own medical practice, I have practiced my teacher’s teachings and have benefited greatly. Chinese medicine is about neutral and calm, Yin and Yang secret, about taking the law of nature, and about the correspondence between heaven and man. And the greatest law of nature is – harmony. I believe that to communicate with patients sincerely with a harmonious mindset and to hang a pot to help the world is the right way for my generation of TCM doctors.