I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 343 - 309: Traditional Chinese Medicine Should Not Belong Only to Huaxia
"...Traditional medicine, as an intangible cultural heritage, is continuously integrating into modern life, deeply embedding itself in the lives of ordinary people. The global influence of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is also significantly rising, providing a Huaxia solution for safeguarding human health. It holds great significance in promoting mutual learning between civilizations, cultural connectivity, and building a community with a shared future for mankind..."
"This conference brings together authoritative experts and renowned scholars of traditional Chinese medicine, consolidating consensus, exchanging ideas, and contributing wisdom. This will effectively promote the inheritance, innovation, and development of traditional medicine as an intangible cultural heritage, enabling it to better serve the people and make greater contributions to building a healthy China and serving human health..."
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"...The civilizational elements embodied in traditional Chinese medicine are the foundational logic underpinning the cultural confidence of the Huaxia nation. If a civilization does not have a deep philosophical and scientific understanding of its survival principles and life activities in its interactions with history and nature, and is instead swayed by the thoughts of other civilizations, how can it speak of cultural confidence? Therefore, recognizing traditional Chinese medicine, loving traditional Chinese medicine, is the most important channel for enhancing the cultural confidence of the Chinese nation..."
"...In recent years, the state has introduced a series of policy measures to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine, protect intangible cultural heritage, and develop traditional Chinese medicine culture, providing direction for how traditional medicine as an intangible cultural heritage can adapt to modern development..."
"...Promoting the systematic protection and high-quality development of traditional medicine as an intangible cultural heritage should scientifically grasp the five major characteristics of Chinese-style modernization. Guided by the significant relations of Chinese-style modernization, it should adhere to a people-centered approach, uphold the core concept of human-oriented, life-first, inherit the essence, and innovate while maintaining integrity, protecting ’the foundation and the source, the root and the soul,’ and continuously broadening the scope..."
"...We must maintain theoretical, practical, and academic confidence in traditional Chinese medicine and avoid the ’mythicization’ and ’vulgarization’ of it, allowing traditional medicine as an intangible cultural heritage to display the wisdom of Huaxia people in serving human health and building a healthy China..."
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The conference began with speeches from leaders at various levels.
The content was very official, essentially saying everything without saying anything specific.
That’s how it is in officialdom.
Lu Jiu sat in the audience, quietly waiting for these leaders to finish speaking.
During this time, he occasionally glanced around at the people sitting nearby.
He noticed that many of the tables had nameplates on them, which seemed to indicate the intangible cultural heritage techniques represented by each individual.
For example, "Heir of Martial Arts Acupoint Technique," "Heir of Yellow Emperor’s Inner Needle," "Heir of Hand Acupuncture," "Heir of Tibetan External Treatment Technique," and so on.
Clearly, there are quite a few skilled individuals in Jinling.
At least, these traditional Chinese medicinal techniques were new to Lu Jiu.
He was particularly curious about the Hand Acupuncture.
If you really can substitute fingers for needles, and the efficacy is comparable to acupuncture, that would be impressive.
You wouldn’t need to carry anything with you when you go out.
The Martial Arts Acupoint Technique might be a similar technique.
However, curious as he was, Lu Jiu didn’t envy them.
Techniques are merely methods for treating diseases; accumulating too many is of limited significance.
Only by strengthening diagnosis is at the core of traditional Chinese medicine.
Once you understand where the patient’s problem lies, the solution becomes much easier.
If one only masters an array of techniques without improving diagnostic skills, many diseases will remain unsolvable.
"Alright, since all the leaders have given their full support to this conference, let’s invite Professor Glado from De Hans to talk about her perspective on traditional Chinese medicine. Please welcome her!"
Amidst applause, a white-haired woman ascended the stage.
Lu Jiu’s gaze also shifted to her.
"Hello everyone, it’s a pleasure to meet you all. I am from De Hans and I am an acupuncturist. My mentor was a Huaxia person who taught me a lot about traditional Chinese medicine and told me that there are many excellent TCM practitioners in Huaxia. So, from a young age, I have longed for Huaxia. Whenever I have some free time, I’ve come to visit here over the years."
"I must say, Huaxia is really vast and beautiful, with a super diverse cuisine. If not for my work, I’d love to live here permanently. However, after many visits, I’ve noticed a problem, which is that many Huaxia people don’t seem to understand traditional Chinese medicine or grasp its intrinsic meaning. Sometimes when I talk with Huaxia people about whether TCM is effective, most hold a skeptical view, and a few think it’s effective, but only for managing chronic illnesses."
"Of course, we in traditional Chinese medicine can manage chronic illnesses, but we can also treat acute diseases. When treating a patient with acute symptoms caused by chronic diseases, we essentially prioritize treating the acute symptoms first, then gradually manage the chronic condition. However, many Huaxia people don’t seem to understand this, and even many TCM practitioners believe that traditional Chinese medicine cannot treat acute diseases."
"This is really an absurd situation!"
The audience listened attentively to the phenomenon Glado described, and it was something everyone understood.
It’s not just ordinary people; even many formally trained TCM practitioners haven’t studied the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
Many TCM practitioners can’t even treat the most basic cold due to wind-cold and confidently assert that it’s a self-limiting disease which is normal not to cure.
In fact, many serious illnesses initially start with a common cold.
Some people can recover from a cold in seven days, but others with weaker constitutions may not be able to self-cure.
If such individuals’ conditions prolong too much, the invading pathogens might travel from the muscles into the internal organs, transforming into more serious illnesses.
The saying that a hundred diseases start with wind is the best illustration.
Clearly, when traditional Chinese medicine becomes entrapped by the nomenclature constraints of modern medicine, no matter how much is learned, it’s hard to separately view the patient’s whole situation.
Once traditional Chinese medicine steps away from the diagnostic and treatment orientation based on differentiation of symptoms and signs, it naturally becomes unable to address acute conditions and ineffective for chronic diseases.
The speed of symptom relief may not be as quick as some Western medicines.
When compared, the public naturally leans towards Western medicine.
"The greatest thoracic surgeon in the world once left a message after his death: The best way to treat heart disease is not to operate on it. This sentence left a deep impression on me. De Hans announced a medical research seven years ago, showing that no matter how you operate on it, heart disease can’t be cured, but Tongxinluo can treat acute heart disease."
"Tongxinluo is definitely our strength in traditional Chinese medicine, and since the heart is considered the monarch of organs, inherently not susceptible to diseases, operating is more harmful than beneficial to the heart. Yet, modern medicine still performs surgeries on heart disease patients, especially in Huaxia, where I found your Western medicine has developed on a much larger scale than ours in De Hans. I don’t deny that surgeries can save many families, but excessive surgeries have also harmed many patients."
"Actually, we have inherent advantages in TCM for treating heart diseases, especially with acupuncture. I have treated many heart disease patients in De Hans, and their feedback has been exceptionally positive. Conditions like myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, heart failure, etc., we can treat these, and the efficacy far exceeds Western medicine."
"Many of you here are definitely more skilled than me in medicine, and I sincerely hope you can go out more and engage with the international community. In my view, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture shouldn’t belong solely to Huaxia; they should belong to the world. They are treasures of humanity, and we should promote and pass them on so that people worldwide can benefit from this medical practice..."
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