传统中药与西药对比的英文论文.docVIP

What is the major difference between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine? 【Abstract】 Because of the globalization, the comparison between traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) and western medicine have been attracted far more attentions than before. As one of the aspects of intercultural communication, this paper focuses on two major points, i.e. the different two concepts, the treatments or their prescriptions. They will be given a brief introduction in this paper so that after reading this paper people in different cultural backgrounds will know more about the difference between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine and be more convenient to communicate. 【Key words】Concepts Treatments Prescriptions Attitudes Communication Different cultural backgrounds 1. Differences between Two Concepts From this table, we may get some explanations of why are traditional Chinese and westerners so different to treat disease. The Concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine In general, disease is perceived as a disharmony (or imbalance) in the functions or interactions of yin, yang, qi, xu?, zàng-fǔ, meridians etc, or of the interaction between the human body and the environment.[1] Therapy is based on which pattern of disharmony can be identified. Thus, pattern discrimination is the most important step in TCM diagnosis. It is also known to be the most difficult aspect of practicing TCM. In order to determine which pattern is at hand, practitioners will examine things like the color and shape of the tongue, the relative strength of pulse-points, the smell of the breath, the quality of breathing or the sound of the voice. [2] For example, depending on tongue and pulse conditions, a TCM practitioner might diagnose bleeding from the mouth and nose as: Liver fire rushes upwards and scorches the Lung, injuring the blood vessels and giving rise to reckless pouring of blood from the mouth and nose.[3] He might then go on to prescribe treatments designed to cle