A traditional Chinese medicine boss is preparing to conduct an on-site assessment of a group of pediatricians?
Don't say that, the assessment is a serious examination, written test, interview, practical test and so on. Not here.
Mr. Jiao is going to have an academic discussion with all the pediatricians on site, regardless of whether they are Chinese medicine or Western medicine.
When it comes to traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, laymen know one thing but don’t know the other. They only think that the traditional Chinese medicine outpatient department does not distinguish between patients’ age groups, as if there is no pediatrician.
Some very formal Chinese medicine hospitals, such as this local Chinese medicine hospital, have specialized Chinese medicine pediatrics.
In ancient Chinese medicine, there have long been pediatricians who are good at seeing children and specializing in pediatrics.
To be more specific, traditional Chinese medicine was divided into different disciplines in ancient times. The earliest official and independent division of TCM pediatrics can be traced back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was a very early dynasty. At that time, local pediatric departments were set up to specialize in the study of childhood diseases.
The prescription prescribed for children is called Xiaofangmai, and the prescription prescribed for adults is called Dafangmai. What is Fangmai? Let’s talk about another term unique to Chinese medicine: Fangmai.
In the classical Chinese education we studied during our student days, there was a mention of the ancient Chinese doctor Bian Que. Doctor Bian Que was a traveling doctor who traveled around, living in the patient's home wherever he could, until he cured the patient's disease before going to another place.
In that era, traveling medicine was the basic way of practicing medicine for Chinese medicine practitioners. If we compare the history of Western medicine, we can also say that there is a world of medicine. The ancient way of practicing Western medicine and the practice of traditional Chinese medicine are closely related to the same model.
Another term for wandering doctors in ancient times is to take the Fangmai. This is because the most common manifestations of traditional Chinese medicine medical skills are unique medical prescriptions and pulse conditions. It can be seen that the meaning of Fangmai can be extended to medical skills.
Is this the only prescription Chinese medicine has for treating children?
no. There is no difference between ancient doctors of traditional Chinese medicine and modern doctors. As long as they can treat patients, they will use all methods, which is called no matter what means. Therefore, they will never limit themselves to one treatment method to treat children.
There are two important medical books in ancient times that reflect the above views.
A "Small Pin Fang" tells us that ancient Chinese medicine has scientifically set age groups for pediatrics. Anyone younger than the age of adults, that is, sixteen years old, is a child.
A "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classic" tells everyone that in ancient Chinese medicine, acupuncture was a very common and effective treatment method for children.
Looking back to the beginning of the article, when Dr. Wen Zihan first appeared on the scene, the patients he rescued were children. This is really a wonderful trick for traditional Chinese medicine in pediatrics.
The Chinese people have experienced this firsthand. A colleague who came to seek medical treatment with a baby in his arms said: Western medicine seems to be fine, but I want a Chinese medicine expert to take a look at it and take care of the child's body. Western medicine refers to the physical condition of patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria of a certain disease as sub-health.
For sub-healthy people, Western medicine’s suggestion is to focus on adjusting their daily diet, work, rest and other lifestyles, so that the body can adjust itself and return to a healthy state.
The term sub-health in Western medicine originated in the 1980s and has a very new history.
Anyone who knows something about traditional Chinese medicine knows that sub-health is a new term and new concept. There are many similar medical concepts in traditional Chinese medicine.
Compared with Western medicine, Chinese medicine doctors will have a serious expression every time they hear that a patient wants to adjust their body: this is because Chinese medicine has a medical concept called treating the disease before it’s too late.
Treatment before the disease has several meanings, one of which is that before the disease reaches the standard, the patient has the feeling of illness, and the doctor has to help the patient to treat the disease. It should not be taken lightly. It is best to prevent the disease before it occurs.
Western medicine’s view of sub-health and Chinese medicine’s view of treating and preventing disease do not conflict with each other. The only difference lies in whether medical means are needed to intervene in this period.
Western medicine suggests that it is not necessary.
Traditional Chinese medicine advocates the need.
If you ask a clinician which of the above views is correct. Doctors who have seen many clinical cases will tell you that both views are correct.
The key point is whether the patient's body can adjust itself.
In this regard, Chinese medicine is obviously ahead of Western medicine based on clinical practice accumulation: this stage of the patient needs to be identified, and medical intervention is selected according to the patient's condition.
If you ask a senior expert again why Western medicine and Chinese medicine have such different concepts, he will tell you the root cause with a calm smile: After all, the main reason is that Western medicine basically has no magic tricks for patients with this situation, and some are some. Symptomatic treatment is like giving you sleeping pills when you can’t sleep. Everyone knows that taking these pills is not good.
Traditional Chinese medicine is different, and acupuncture is a very magical method.
Speaking of this, it is understandable that after the patient’s family members said this, a group of colleagues who were watching became more and more interested, especially the Western doctors who wanted to see how many puzzling tricks hidden in the pockets of Chinese medicine doctors.
