科学社会学视野下的中医和西医

On Herbalist Medicine and Western Medicine Viewed by Sociology of Science

在科学社会学视野下,医学和人类学具有同源性,只是缘于自然环境、宗教和图腾等的差异,分化出了中医和西医两大不同医疗模式的医学流派。在相当长的历史时期里,东、西方在医学方面一直有交流,特别是在近代西医东进的过程中,西医逐渐成为了中国主流社会认可的治疗方式,而中医有赖于其强大的文化生命力在中国继续存在。然而中、西医在理论、技术、评价体系等方面的差异却很难在短时间内弥合。在当今世界医学西医化的大趋势下,中医、中药学的传统魅力依然闪耀,它所保留和传达出的远古人类社会对于天(大自然)人关系的理解,仍然会成为人类医学的财富。

Viewed by Sociology of Science, medicine and anthrop have common origin. Just owing to differences in environment, religion, totem and so on, it divided into traditional Chinese medical science and Western medicine. In a very long history, the western and Chinese medicine have been communicating, especially in last century, Western medicine gradually becomes main therapy way in Chinese society. Meanwhile traditional Chinese medical science still exists and develops in China by right of its strong cultural life. However the difference in theory, technique and evaluating system between traditional Chinese medical science and Western medicine is hard to be closed in a short time. Facing up to the Western medicine＇s globalization, traditional Chinese medical science＇s charm still shine, its understanding about nature and human will be the treasure of human＇s medicine.