The basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine is a theoretical summary of human life activities and diseases, which mainly includes the theories of yin and yang, five elements, luck, dirty images, meridians and so on, as well as the causes, pathogenesis, diagnosis, syndrome differentiation, treatment, prevention, health preservation and so on. Speaking of China's medicine culture, it has a long history of thousands of years, so its inside information is very rich. However, both China people and foreigners lack a comprehensive and profound understanding of its rich cultural connotation, which leads to some misunderstandings. The fundamental reason is that for a long time, our research and publicity on medicine culture has been insufficient. In the long run, it will undoubtedly be very unfavorable to the inheritance, development and promotion of Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is commonly called "materia medica" in China ancient books. The earliest monograph on traditional Chinese medicine in China was Shennong's Herbal Classic in Han Dynasty, and the Newly Revised Materia Medica promulgated by the government in Tang Dynasty was the earliest pharmacopoeia in the world. Sun Simiao's Prescription of Preparing for a Urgent Need and Prescription of a Thousand Daughters in the Tang Dynasty collected the experience of diagnosis and treatment before the Tang Dynasty, which had a great influence on later physicians. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty summarized the drug experience before16th century, and made great contributions to the development of pharmacology in later generations. Traditional Chinese medicine is divided into Chinese patent medicine and Chinese herbal medicine according to the processing technology.
Nowadays, with the development and research of traditional Chinese medicine resources, many folk medicines also fall into the category of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine is based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which is used to prevent and treat diseases. Plants, animal minerals and their processed products, whether produced in China or abroad, are called traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has a unique theoretical system and application form, which fully reflects the characteristics of natural resources, history and culture in China.
Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying that there are four qi and five flavors.
The four qi in TCM refers to the four qi of "heat", "temperature", "cold" and "cool". There is a saying that "those who are cold are hot, and those who are hot are cold", which means that if you have a cold disease, you should take medicine with hot air, and if you have a warm disease, you should take medicine with cold air. That is, yin and yang are mutually reinforcing.
The five flavors of traditional Chinese medicine refer to pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Each medicine can cope with more than one symptom. For example, the medicine "Xin" is specially used to treat symptoms such as blood vessel obstruction, which can play the role of dispersing, promoting qi and promoting blood circulation. This blindly representative Chinese herbal medicine has mint, safflower and so on. There is also "Gan", which is best used for people who are weak or in urgent need of tonic, and has the functions of tonic, urgency and reconciliation. The representative Chinese herbal medicines are ginseng and angelica.
With the implementation of the new medical reform, the state began to pay attention to the public welfare of medical and health undertakings, and at the same time, the support for medical and health undertakings was also increasing. Under this premise, we should confidently publicize the "simplicity, convenience, experience and cheapness" of Chinese medicine treatment, and provide a practical way to solve the problem of "expensive medical treatment" for ordinary people. Using traditional Chinese medicine is equivalent to reducing the economic burden from the patient's point of view; From the hospital's point of view, it is equal to improving social benefits.