中医与防疫:近代公共卫生事件的地方应对--以山西鼠疫的防治为例

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Epidemic Prevention:Local Responses to Public Health Events in Modern China--A case study of the prevention and control of the plague in Shanxi

近代以来随着西医的传入,中医的地位日渐衰微。在山西,由于各方因素的共同作用,中医得到政府的扶持。1919年中医改进研究会成立,通过对传统医学的整理以及对西医的学习使中医得以改进,并在山西省防疫工作中做出一定贡献。不过由于中医理论上的特点,加之在实践中存在的不足,无法满足防疫工作的需求,使得中医逐渐远离防疫一线,转而服务于前期预防和宣传工作并取得了较好的成效。山西中医在近代公共卫生事件中的实践对当代的防疫仍有一定的借鉴价值。

Since modern times,with the introduction of Western medicine,the status of traditional Chinese medicine has been declining.In Shanxi province,due to the joint effects of various factors,TCM has been supported by the government.In 1919,the Research Association for the Improvement of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established,and through the collation of traditional medicine and the study of Western medicine,the improvement of traditional Chinese medicine was made,and it also made certain contributions to the epidemic prevention work of Shanxi Province.However,due to the theoretical characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and the shortcomings in practice,it cannot meet the needs of epidemic prevention work,which makes traditional Chinese medicine gradually move away from the front line of epidemic prevention,and turn to serve the preliminary prevention and publicity work with good results.The practice of Shanxi traditional Chinese medicine in modern public health events still has a certain reference value for contemporary epidemic prevention.