When I was a child, I thought the taste of traditional Chinese medicine was mysterious. Decocting traditional Chinese medicine is such an ancient thing. The traditional Chinese medicine filtered from gauze seems to be full of magic. People who are sick will recover their vitality after drinking it.
what is Chinese medicine? Most of the ways are to mix a lot of plants+animals+strange things, crush them, boil them and drink them. This boiled thing is a mixture, that is, there are many kinds of chemicals in it.
let's not judge whether Chinese medicine is effective or not. We assume that it is effective and can cure the disease. The principle must also be that one or more chemicals react with your diseased part, causing the virus or bacteria to be killed and the disease will be cured.
advertisements of traditional Chinese medicine often say that it is a pure natural preparation and has absolutely no side effects. Many people dare not eat western medicine, but choose Chinese medicine because they believe that western medicine has side effects, while Chinese medicine has no side effects. In fact, since ancient times, people have realized that some traditional Chinese medicines have toxic side effects and even strong toxicity. The earliest book that recorded Chinese medicine was Shennong Herbal Classic, in which 365 kinds of Chinese medicine were recorded, which were divided into three categories: upper, middle and lower. It can be seen that the ancients also knew that Chinese medicine was not non-toxic, and many natural things would be poisoned or even poisoned if eaten.
For us who have been learning scientific knowledge since childhood, the theory of traditional Chinese medicine sounds like a lie, which is similar to the theories of fortune telling, astrology, geomantic omen, religion and so on. The taste and appearance of traditional Chinese medicine are not so pleasing. The western medicine mentioned now is a medicine developed based on modern medical theory. Modern medicine devotes itself to studying the effects of each ingredient in medicine on diseases and human body, and has indeed achieved a clear pharmacological effect. After nearly a hundred years of continuous progress, western medicine has made great contributions to human health, and it is clear and efficient. Doctors and patients can know the effect and influence of the drugs they use, and even if the wrong drugs lead to some consequences, they can clearly trace the reasons and responsibilities.
many things in Chinese herbal medicines are originally food or not as regular food, but they are also easy to obtain and can be eaten directly. Psychologically, it's easy to accept, a bit of a hodgepodge, and it's grounded, right?
on the other hand, when the instructions of western medicine are opened, does that molecular formula kill most people directly? Even if you can recognize this molecular formula or some groups, so what? I still don't understand. Look at the instructions again. It's so scary! And it's quite expensive, isn't it?
when it comes to western medicine, it's always said that it's a three-point poison, and it's too dangerous for western medicine to kill this or that. In other words, western medicine is aimed at symptoms and cannot solve the root cause. As everyone knows, this view is too backward and narrow. In fact, not only drugs with different action principles will be prepared according to the actual situation and etiology of patients, but also there are standards for how much to use for different degrees of diseases.
what do western medicines do? Suppose there are 1, kinds of chemicals in each traditional Chinese medicine (actually, there should be more than that). Western medicine will do experiments, separate all the 1, kinds of chemicals in this specific medicine soup, try them one by one, find the chemical that really works with the diseased part, and then copy and paste one or more chemicals that work with the diseased part to make medicine. This is called western medicine. For example, the famous artemisinin appeared in this way.
You can see this kind of thing in the instructions of most western medicines. This is called structural formula, which indicates the ingredients of this medicine.
the biggest problem of traditional Chinese medicine is that it can't meet all the requirements of modern medicine-composition, mechanism of action, clinical data, side effects, etc., and it can't explain itself at all, so it can't be accepted by modern medicine or even modern science. But this is precisely the reason why Chinese medicine is trusted by many people-the ingredient list of western medicine is full of chemicals that can't be understood, and there are a lot of side effects. Any medicine will write "Death in rare cases"; Traditional Chinese medicine is different. Angelica sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula and Polygonum multiflorum Thunb ... are all pure natural ingredients, and they never have any side effects, so they are much more reliable.
before western medicine goes on the market, its efficacy, safe dosage and adverse reactions have been systematically tested, analyzed in detail and clearly written in the instructions, so it can be prevented in advance, and problems can be saved as far as possible.
In fact, our drug supervision department and pharmaceutical manufacturers are very irresponsible. Many substances have not been strictly tested for toxic and side effects before they are added to the Pharmacopoeia, so what will happen after you take these drugs is really fate. For example, the famous "Longdan Xiegan Pill" contains "Caulis Akebiae", which caused thousands of people to have renal failure. Because aristolochic acid contained in Akebia manshuriensis can cause kidney disease. The medicinal material Akebia manshuriensis is a legal medicinal material included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. There are so many objects in traditional Chinese medicine. Whether people who eat traditional Chinese medicine all the year round will hit the next Akebia manshuriensis depends entirely on luck.
Open the proprietary Chinese medicine next to you and look at the column of adverse reactions and contraindications. Most of them are: adverse reactions: unclear, contraindications: unclear.
what do you mean it's not clear? Just because there were no adverse reactions during the drug test doesn't mean that the drug has no adverse reactions. In other words, it is not clear that we don't really know what will happen after eating it. Most people are all right, and they may foam at the mouth after eating them, and they may have kidney failure like Longdan Xiegan Pill. Isn't it irresponsible that this kind of medicine can go on the market after taking it?
With the development of modern science, why do you take a medicine that you don't even know what it contains? Those who worry about food safety every day, who resist poisoned milk, waste oil and food additives, why do you take a medicine that you don't even know what will happen after eating it? Isn't this a contradiction?
in addition, talk about effectiveness. This is a cliche. For example, a drug needs a double-blind experiment before it goes on the market to determine its effectiveness, in order to rule out the "placebo" effect of the drug. What is the placebo effect? It means that you "feel better" after eating this.
Medicine has always been developing in the process of trying to meet the needs of patients and struggling with injuries and diseases. As long as there is demand, someone will do it.
We should learn to protect ourselves, no matter how Chinese medicine tries to explain it, no matter how well the advertisement is said, we should not take any drugs or supplements with unclear efficacy and side effects. The body is your own. If you eat Chinese medicine in disorder, it will be too late to regret it.
We are human beings, so we are biased, we will be stubborn, and it is difficult for us to accept other people's opinions. But it is not shameful to try to correct these weaknesses. People who can think should think based on logic and facts, not on positions and who we are. We should think behind veil of ignorance.
So, as long as modern medicine can't cure all human diseases, we hope that Chinese medicine can be passed on, and of course it is better to make progress and make people understand.