27/09/2025
MBBS (Western medicine) 西醫 and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) 中醫 are distinct medical systems with fundamentally different philosophies, diagnostic methods, and treatments.
MBBS is a Western-based, evidence-driven approach that diagnoses diseases through laboratory tests and focuses on eliminating symptoms. TCM, on the other hand, views health as a balanced state and disease as an imbalance, diagnosing through visual examination, pulse diagnosis, and other signs to address systemic problems holistically. While different, the two systems are increasingly being integrated to offer comprehensive care, such as in pilot programs for "integrated medicine" in Malaysian hospitals.
MBBS (Western Medicine) #西醫
🐱 Philosophy: Health and disease are clearly defined, with disease being an interruption of normal health.
🐱 Diagnosis: Utilizes laboratory tests, imaging, and other objective measurements to identify specific diseases.
🐱 Treatment: Focuses on eliminating symptoms and targeting specific pathogens or physiological malfunctions.
🐱 Paradigm: Predominantly a reductionist paradigm, breaking down the body into its constituent parts.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) #中醫
🐶 Philosophy: A holistic system based on the harmony between the body and the universe. Health is a state of balanced Yin, Yang, Qi (vital energy), and Blood, while disease is an imbalance.
🐶 Diagnosis: Involves methods such as inspection (including tongue and appearance examination), pulse diagnosis, and inquiring about symptoms to identify the underlying systemic pattern.
🐶 Treatment: Employs therapies like acupuncture, herbal medicine, cupping, and moxibustion to restore balance and support the body's natural healing.
🐶 Paradigm: A phenomenological (interpretive) paradigm that seeks to understand the whole person and their relationship to their environment.
Integration and Future
There is a growing movement towards an "integrated medicine" approach, combining the strengths of both systems.
This integration can provide comprehensive care, where TCM might complement Western treatments by addressing the body's systemic imbalances, and vice versa.
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