Introduction: Chinese medicine, with its profound philosophical wisdom and thousands of years of Chinese health and wellness philosophy and its practical experience, is the treasure of ancient Chinese science and the key to opening the treasury of Chinese civilization, and the forerunner of the great revival of Chinese culture. — President Xi Jinping. In the recent year, President Xi Jinping has spoken about the importance of promoting Chinese medicine on many occasions, including meeting with WHO officials, meeting with Macedonian President Ivanov, and visiting Russia. He also said that he would promote the combination of Chinese and Western medicine and Chinese medicine overseas, and promote more Chinese-made pharmaceutical products to enter the international market. In fact, before that, the “abolition of Chinese medicine” argument had been very much in the air, and the debate on the survival of Chinese medicine has been there for a long time. In fact, this is a complete false proposition. The two medical systems with different philosophical foundations should serve the health of mankind with their own expertise, rather than accusing each other and occupying the mountain as king. Professor Hu Weiqin, a famous scientist of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, wrote in his book “To the End of Chinese Medicine” the preface “Western medicine is powerful, Chinese medicine is greater”. Reading through this article, we may be able to appreciate that Chinese medicine will never die out because of some people’s ignorance and narrow-mindedness, because Western medicine is powerful and Chinese medicine is great! In addition to TCM, there are other equally great ethnic medicine in China, such as Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine, Miao medicine, and so on. Since the 20th century, the debate on the survival of Chinese medicine has never stopped. As a doctor with decades of experience, my opinion is that TCM is a treasure of traditional culture and will never disappear. I. Chinese medicine is not only medicine, but also philosophy. Some people advocate the abolition of Chinese medicine because they do not understand Chinese medicine and always look at it in a western way of thinking. Western medicine studies the material body, it is a technology that can be standardized and talents can be mass produced, so Western medicine is very powerful. Chinese medicine studies the metaphysical body, it is an art that requires inspiration and enlightenment, so it is difficult to get on the scale like Western medicine. But Chinese medicine is a great art, it has the eye of the sky, and a good Chinese doctor can “try to understand the outside of the body and the inside of the body”, without the need for modern testing equipment to see through the internal diseases of the human body. Chinese medicine can not only detect disease at its primary stage, but also eliminate it in advance, which is often referred to as “Chinese medicine treating the untreated”. These two points are the highest level of Chinese medicine and the life of Chinese medicine. If these two points are understood, those who shout for the abolition of Chinese medicine will have to give up their childish views. Chinese medicine is also a philosophy, a philosophy about life. Learning Chinese medicine well not only can cure people, but also can cultivate the body and achieve other undertakings in life. Mr. Ding Lei, the president of Netease, is studying TCM at Zhejiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Wu Yi, the Vice Premier of the State Council, who is loved by the nation, is planning to study TCM after retirement. I think they are not only interested in the medical art, but also in the philosophy of life contained in Chinese medicine. “This is the deepest experience I have ever had with Chinese medicine. In layman’s terms, it means that diseases inside the human body can be diagnosed through changes outside the body. To realize this, the channel is not limited to the classics of Chinese medicine, famous doctors, a watermelon vendor can also let us experience. On a hot summer day, business was slow in a row of watermelon sheds along the street, except for a melon shed around the corner, which was full of people, and from time to time, there were shouts of approval. It turned out that the stall owner was betting with a customer. The vendor said he could even choose ten watermelons, to ensure that all sweet, the customer did not believe, the two on the fight. I watched the vendor carefully to choose a melon, only to see him first look at the shape and color of the melon, then a few claps with his hands, and then hold the melon up to his ear, while patting and listening. Three times, ten watermelons were selected, and indeed each was sandy and sweet. The onlookers were slurping in amazement, while I was deep in thought. The small$ vendor choose melon a look, two pat, three listen, Chinese medicine to see a look, two smell, three questions, four cut, although the industry is different, but the reason is amazingly similar. In the Nei Jing – Ling Shu, it is said that “Therefore, those who are far away are outside and inside; those who are near are inside and outside”, which means that a brilliant person can see through the external appearance of things to the essence of things. I think this should also be the highest pursuit of a doctor. This reminds me of many miracle doctors in history, whose miracle lies in the fact that they have brought “the external to the internal” to the level of perfection. Here are two examples. One is the story of Bian Magpie’s visit to Cai Huanhou. One day, when Bian Magpie met with the Marquis of Cai Huan, he saw that the Marquis looked abnormal and said, “My Lord, please seek medical help while you are still superficially ill.” The Marquis of Cai Huan did not believe him and said to the people around him, “These doctors are always thinking of curing people who are not sick, so that they can say that he is skilled in medicine.” After ten days, Bian Magpie saw the Marquis of Cai Huan again and saw that his disease had penetrated deep into his muscles, so he advised him to treat it earlier, but the Marquis of Cai Huan still did not listen. On his third visit to the Marquis of Cai Huan, Bian Magpie knew that his disease had progressed to his internal organs and that if he didn’t treat it, there would be no cure, but the Marquis of Cai Huan remained indifferent. The fourth time he saw the Marquis of Cai Huanhou, Bian Magpie looked far away and ran away without saying a word, because at this time no one could do anything. Five days later, the Marquis of Cai Huan indeed died. One is the story of Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wang Chon. In his later years, Zhang Zhongjing went to Luoyang to practice medicine. When he met Wang Ch’ung, a famous poet at that time, he saw his abnormal eyebrows and judged that he would get a disease in twenty years and advised him to take Wushi San. At that time, Wang Ch’ung was in his youth, and he was so pleased with himself that he could not listen to others’ advice. Twenty years later, Zhang Zhongjing’s prediction came true. The Butterfly Effect and Chinese medicine’s external speculation In today’s Western medicine, for those who are used to modern testing equipment, these two stories are mysterious and mysterious. The magpie did not give the patient an electrocardiogram, nor did he take the patient’s blood pressure, nor did he test the blood, so how could he diagnose the illness of Cai Huanhou? The story of Zhang Zhongjing is even more incredible. How could he predict the disease twenty years later from the slightest change in his eyebrows? Even today’s genetic testing technology can’t do that, let alone 1,600 years ago? This is the miracle of Chinese medicine, which sees the human body as an organic whole, in this organic whole, the vital organs and diseases will be manifested on the surface of the body through the medium of essence, blood and fluids, etc. A brilliant Chinese doctor can often diagnose internal diseases from the pulse, tongue, eyebrows, hair, skin, palm lines, nail color and other subtle changes on the surface of the body. This theory of Chinese medicine did not arise out of thin air; it originated from the laws of all natural phenomena. Edward Lorenz, an American meteorologist, proposed a famous theory of the “butterfly effect”. Simply put, a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can lead to a tornado in Texas, USA, a month later. The connection of all the world is so magical and subtle, they affect each other, each other as a table. The human body is the same way, everything on the outside of the hair, nails, ears …… body reflects what is going on inside. I remember when I was a kid, as soon as I saw ants moving, adults told us to go home and said it was going to rain. Ants moving is the reaction that the sky is about to rain. When I studied Western medicine in medical school, I often wondered if the phenomenon of “ants moving” also existed in the human body. I couldn’t find the answer in the Western medicine curriculum in school, and modern Western medicine has overemphasized the technical component and dismissed this wonderful connection as “metaphysics”. I was enlightened by the study of Chinese medicine. The miracle doctors like Bian Magpie and Zhang Zhongjing were able to achieve greatness because they could see the “ants moving” in the patient, which is the “butterfly effect”. I once discussed the phenomenon of “ants moving” in the human body with an American Western doctor, and the American was so surprised that his mouth opened wide and he didn’t believe me, thinking I was joking. It so happened that during dinner, I overheard a clearly visible “coronary artery groove” on his earlobe and asked him with a smile if he had coronary heart disease. He said: “How did you know?” I laughed and told him, “This is the verification of the phenomenon of ‘ants moving’ in your body! The coronary artery sulcus on the ear is the reflection of coronary heart disease on the surface of the body. Because the blockage of the coronary arteries of the heart will cause the capillaries on the ears to coagulate and form wrinkles, which is the coronary sulcus.” He nodded heartily after hearing my explanation. As a native Westerner with many years of Western medical education, it is understandable that he did not believe in the magical culture of Chinese medicine at first. But now there are many Chinese who have become “Westernized” as well. They only value modern technology and underestimate the wisdom of their predecessors. They are like rebellious adolescents who think their parents are bad at this and that, but once they mature, they realize how outstanding their parents are. The experience of Hu Shih is illustrated by Lu Zhong’an’s large dose of astragalus to treat Hu Shih’s diabetes. Hu Shi was a leading figure in the New Culture Movement and devoted his life to the spread of Western culture, and the traditional culture represented by Chinese medicine naturally became the target of his attack. However, there were unpredictable events in the sky, and people had their own misfortunes. In 1920, Hu Shi suddenly became ill. He found that he ate more, drank more, and urinated more, but he was getting thinner and thinner. After a careful diagnosis, the experts at Peking Union Medical College Hospital came to the conclusion that diabetes was in its advanced stage and there was no cure for it, so he had to go home to recuperate. The implication was that Hu Shi could only go home and wait for death. When Western medicine was not available, friends urged Hu Shih to see a Chinese doctor. At that time, it was the critical period of the “science and mystery war” in the academic world, and Hu Shi was the main general of the scientific school, opposing “traditions” like Chinese medicine that had no scientific basis. If he was asked to go to see a Chinese doctor, would that not be an initiative to let down the flag in his hands? However, the matter of face is small, but the matter of life is big, Hu Shi finally agreed. The doctor who came to see Hu Shi was Lu Zhong’an, a famous doctor in Beijing. He only took Hu Shi’s pulse and asked about his condition, and said calmly, “This disease is very curable, just take a few doses of astragalus-based soup. Hu Shi, who had been sentenced to death by Western medicine, drank the Chinese medicine prescribed by Lu Zhong’an with suspicion, not expecting that the symptoms would disappear in a few months. When he went to the Union Medical College Hospital for another examination, he was really cured! The doctors were amazed, how was this possible? Who cured Mr. Hu? Hu Shih immediately told the truth. The story was a sensation. The Chinese doctors, who were considered unscientific by the New Culture Movement, had cured the famous general of the New Culture Movement. This was very embarrassing for the New Culture Movement. Hu Shi also felt humiliated and did not say anything about it. However, the gift of saving one’s life should never be forgotten, and Hu Shi once wrote an article on one of Lin Qinnan’s paintings to express his gratitude. It turned out that Lin Qinnan had also received the benefit of Lu Zhongan’s wonderful hands, and as a token of his gratitude, he personally made a painting of the classical Confucian medical study, “The Study of the Scriptures in the Autumn Room,” and inscribed it with a literary text in Tongcheng style. Lu Zhong’an asked Hu Shi to inscribe on it. Hu Shi readily agreed. The inscription on the painting reads: “I have been ill since last autumn, and my friend, who is a Western medical student, could not cure me completely. Later, I was fortunate to have Mr. Lu’s consultation, Mr. Lu used Astragalus ten taels and Radix Codonopsis six money, many people looked at it and shook their heads and spat, but my illness is now all cured …… Now there are people who want to test Astragalus to see what its composition is and why it has such a great effect. If the test results can make the world’s medical scholars gradually understand the true value of Chinese medicine and medicine, is this not a great contribution of Mr. Lu? –Chinese medicine has a long and profound history and has benefited the children of China for thousands of years. Instead of talking about it, why don’t you go and read the Nei Jing and the Treatise on Typhoid? I’m sure if you study Chinese medicine seriously, you will find that although Western medicine is very powerful, Chinese medicine is even greater! Third, Chinese medicine is the fifth great invention of China There are four great inventions in ancient China – gunpowder, papermaking, movable type printing and compass, in fact, Chinese medicine should also be added. Our great leader Chairman Mao spoke highly of TCM, and he considered TCM to be one of China’s great contributions to the world. In 1953, Mao Zedong took a nap at the Liu Zhuang Hotel in Hangzhou, and once playing mahjong with several comrades, he improvised by saying, “I said that China has three major contributions to the world, the first being Chinese medicine, the second being Cao Xueqin’s Dream of the Red Chamber, and the third being mahjong tiles.” Mahjong is not without its dramatic elements, but the President placed Chinese medicine at the top of the “three major contributions”, indicating his affection for Chinese medicine. In the same year, Chairman Mao emphasized at a meeting of the Central Political Bureau that “China has made great contributions to the world, and I see Chinese medicine as one of them.” The contribution of Chinese medicine to mankind is immense, as it was, as it is, and will be even more so in the future. Why is Chinese medicine not included in the Four Great Inventions? Because Chinese medicine is a typical product of Chinese culture, which is difficult for Westerners to understand. The Four Great Inventions are technologies that Westerners can use if they take them, but Chinese medicine cannot be used unless the whole culture is taken over. In 1972, when U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China, Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied Nixon to see the acupuncture and anesthesia of Chinese medicine. Our TCM doctors put a thin and long silver needle in the patient’s hand, applied micro-currents, and then started the operation. The entire operation was performed without any anesthetic, but the patient was always smiling, without a trace of painful expression. Looking at the bloody surgical scene, President Nixon was amazed and puzzled. Acupuncture anesthesia shocked the American delegation with a shockwave no less than the explosion of the Chinese atomic bomb. Some were surprised, some were skeptical, and some even denied it, thinking it was a big hoax by China to attract the world’s attention. What a coincidence that just when some people thought that acupuncture and anesthesia was a hoax, James Leston, a journalist who accompanied the delegation to China, suddenly had an acute appendicitis attack and had to undergo an operation, and our doctors also removed his appendix with acupuncture and anesthesia, and James Leston did not feel any pain at all. This living fact calmed down the Americans and they began to carefully record the valuable information so that they could bring it back home for closer study. I have seen some of the videos taken by American news reporters. In the video, in one case of liver tumor removal, the only method of anesthesia was to have an acupuncturist insert a needle in each ear and arm of the patient and twist the needle at any time; in another case of brain tumor removal, only one needle was used in the forearm. We all know that Western anesthesia techniques can make the patient unconscious and have side effects, even paralysis in severe cases. In contrast, with TCM acupuncture anesthesia, the patient is awake throughout the surgery and will talk and even drink some water. One patient was able to sit on the operating table and greet the doctors and nurses with a handshake at the end of the surgery. After another surgery to remove a thyroid tumor, the patient was able to get off the operating table and walk to a wheelchair. It’s amazing, especially for Westerners who don’t know Chinese medicine. However, if you know Chinese medicine, you will know that acupuncture and anesthesia are just a small part of Chinese medicine. Western medicine feels amazing because Western medicine and Chinese medicine are two completely different systems. The human body is exactly the same, but Western and Chinese medicine have a completely different understanding of the human body. Chinese medicine is a comprehensive holistic theory, Western medicine is the analysis of empirical theory; Chinese medicine is macro regulation, Western medicine is micro governance. This is like the blind man feeling the elephant, Chinese medicine managed to use the little remaining vision to see a whole but hazy elephant. Western medicine, on the other hand? Instead of using their remaining vision, they rely on their hands to feel, and the result is a “fragmented” elephant. So to speak, Western medicine is a microscope, it sees carefully and truly; Chinese medicine is a wide-angle mirror, its vision is very wide. In fact, Chinese medicine has the strengths of Chinese medicine, Western medicine has the advantages of Western medicine, we can not use the Chinese way of thinking to understand Western medicine, and can not use the Western way of thinking to understand Chinese medicine, not to mention the prohibition of Chinese medicine. Fourth, clamoring for the banning of Chinese medicine is something only traitors do Who did the banning of Chinese medicine? It is the work of traitors. In 1929, Wang Jingwei of the Kuomintang put forward the “case of banning Chinese medicine”, which led to a lot of scolding, and two of the “four famous doctors” in Beijing at that time, Shi Jinmo and Kong Bohua, organized the North China At that time, two of the “Four Great Physicians” in Beijing, Shi Jinmo and Kong Bohua, organized a petitioning group of Chinese doctors in North China and joined the Chinese doctors in various provinces to petition in Nanjing, and proposed to Wang Jingwei: find twelve patients, you pick six first and treat them with Western medicine; the remaining six patients will be treated by Chinese doctors, and if we lose, we will talk about the banning of Chinese medicine. Kong Bohua and Shi Jinmo were assigned six patients who suffered from high fever, coughing and asthma. As a result, the effect of TCM treatment was remarkable, and the patients recovered quickly. At that time, Wang Jingwei’s mother-in-law was suffering from malignant dysentery and had diarrhea more than a dozen times a day, and the famous Western doctors at that time were consulted, but nothing worked. At this time, someone recommended Mr. Shi Jinmo to Wang Jingwei, but at first Wang Jingwei did not agree, I am now proposing to ban Chinese medicine, how can I let Chinese doctors to see? But seeing his dying mother-in-law, Wang Jingwei could not think of any other way, so he asked Mr. Shi to come and see him. After taking a pulse, Mr. Shi found the cause of the disease, and when he talked about the symptoms, he was always right, which convinced Wang Jingwei’s mother-in-law. Mr. Shi immediately prescribed her a ten-day prescription, after which Wang Jingwei’s mother-in-law asked, “When will you come back for a follow-up consultation?” Shi Jinmo told her, “Just take the medicine at ease, the dysentery will stop in three days, your appetite will improve in five days, and you will be cured in ten days, so there is no need to come back for a follow-up.” Initially, Wang Jingwei and his mother-in-law were half-hearted, but the condition gradually improved as Mr. Shi said, and after ten days, they were really cured. Wang Jingwei finally believed in the wonders of Chinese medicine and never mentioned the outlawing of Chinese medicine again. Some time ago, an authentic American TCM doctor came to visit me and talked about some people’s talk of banning TCM, and this foreign TCM doctor said something very interesting: “Don’t – care – about them, they don’t understand TCM! ” This foreign TCM doctor told me that TCM is becoming more and more popular in the United States, with some TCM clinics receiving more than 2,000 patients a day, 90% of whom are white. Americans spend six billion dollars a year on Chinese herbal medicine, and there are more than four hundred Chinese herbal medicine franchises and tens of thousands of Chinese medicine clinics throughout the United States. This is still the case in the West, not to mention Japan and Korea. You must have seen the Korean TV series “Dae Jang Geum”! The knowledge of Chinese medicine in that drama is very surprising. The Japanese, on the other hand, pay far more attention to Typhoid than we do. They respect Zhang Zhongjing like a god. If we don’t make up our minds to develop TCM, or even try to abolish it, I’m afraid that TCM will really rewrite the humiliating history of gunpowder. This is not alarmist talk. I remember that some years ago, the Japanese packaged a medicine for heart disease researched by a Chinese doctor in Beijing and sold it in the Chinese market, making a lot of money. How heartbreaking!