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1、04-DifferencesBetweenChineseandWesternMedicinesA:Formanyyears,therehavebeenrepeateddiscussionstogiveupChinesemedicine.It’srecentlybecomeahottopiconceagain.AdvocatesbelievetheChinesemedicineisnotscientificallybasedincomparisontoWesternmedicine.B:AlthoughitisdebatablewhetherChin
2、esemedicineisscientificallysound,youcannotdenythatithasrichphilosophicsignificance.ThisisverydifferentfromWesternmedicine.Usually,aChinesemedicinepractitionerapproachestheillnessfromabroaderperspective,emphasizingitsentiretyanddialecticalimplications.Thisiswhysomepeopleviewita
3、sholisticmedicine.Incontrast,aWesterndoctordealsdirectlywiththesymptoms.Forinstance,ifsomeonehasasorethroat,aWesterndoctorwilltreateditasathroatproblemwhileaChinesedoctormaylinkittothedisorderofthepatient’sstomach.A:What'sthedifferencebetweenChineseandWesternmedicines?B:AChine
4、sedoctorexaminesitspatientbyusingmethodslikeobserving,smelling,askingandfeeling.HisWesterncounterpartreliesonsymptomsorevidencelikebodytemperatureandlabtests.TheChinesedoctordeterminestheproblemsofthepatient’sinternalorgansbyinferencethroughobservingobservingvariousexteriorsig
5、ns,suchascomplexionorthetongue.AWesterndoctor,ontheotherhand,makeshisjudgmentbasedontheresultsoflabtestontheinternalorgans.Hethenreinforceshisjudgmentbyexaminingexteriorsymptoms.AWesterndoctoruseschemical-basedmedicinesandsurgery,whileaChinesedoctorreliesonsomeherbalmedicinesa
6、ndacupuncture.:Forpatient,whichispreferable?B:Itdepends.UsuallyaChinesedoctorwillrecommendWesternmedicineforintensivetreatment,andChinesemedicinefortherecovery.Infact,Chinesemedicineisprobablymoreeffectiveintreatingsomefunctionaldiseases,wherethecauseisdifficulttodiscover.A:Wh
7、atwillhappenifChinesemedicineisindeedabandoned?B:Noidea,butforpeoplewithterminaldiseases,Chinesemedicinemaybetheirlastresort.Chinesemedicinecannotonlyalleviatepain,butalsoofferstheoptionofadifferenttreatment.7BackgroundReading背景阅读ChineseMedicines中医药Chineseherbsareusuallycombin
8、edinformulaetoenhancetheirpropertiesandfunction.Symptomsandsi
