中西医结合医学的回顾及浅议

Retrospection and Brief Discussion on The Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

中西医结合是我国的原创性医学,尽管历经50年的系统临床实践,但迄今对中西医结合医学概念尚未有明确的共识或权威性描述。认为中西医结合医学是用中医学规律和方法研究西医学、或用西医学规律和方法研究中医学而产生的不同于中、西医学的,有利于人类健康的技术、方法和理论的医学科学;其外延应包括整个中西医结合医学体系。

The combination of TCM and Western Medicine is our country＇s original medicine,which had been gone for 50 years＇ system clinical practice, in China. Based on learning the TCM and Western Medicine literature as well as the clinical practice the author believes that the combination of TCM and Western Medicine can be defined as utilizing the TCM rule and method to study the Western Medicine, or utilizing the Western Medicine＇s rule and method to research on the TCM, which is different from either TCM or Western Medicine, yet it is a technology,a method and a theory that benefits human health. Combination of TCM and Western Medicine includes the entire combination of TCM and Western Medicine system.