英语作文--中西医的比较

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

As living standards improving,more and more attention has been paid for human health including both physical condition and psychological status.When there are some problems with our body,we have to go to the hospital for help.The purpose of this essay is to contrast the differences between western medicine instead of traditional Chinese medicine.The three main differences are awareness,diagnosis and therapy.

The most notable difference between these two kinds of medicines is their awareness of human disease and health.Western medicine,a medical system based on the pathological anatomy basis,considers that pathological changes of organs lead to disease,which has been developed from organization organ to cells,molecules,or even DNA level.On the contrary,traditional Chinese medicine,a kind of evidence-based medicine,suggests that diseases are caused by inharmony between human body and the environment or their disequilibrium between internal organs.

Contrasting both types of medicines we notice another difference,the diagnostic method.western medicine diagnosis takes advantage of the advanced medical equipment and laboratory to make accurate diagnosis of disease,which contain the main five approaches of interrogation,physical examination,laboratory inspection,electrocardiography and medical imaging

examination.Whereas,traditional Chinese medicine supports the methods of syndrome differentiation and treatment,which draw the conclusion about body problems by look,smell,ask,cut.

Yet another difference between these two types of medicines is therapies.As western medicine, the treatment object is disease and its goal is to vanish disease.The main treatment methods include medicine,surgery,laser treatment,and chemotherapy.Nevertheless,as to traditional Chinese medicine,the treatment object is people and its goal is to cure patients. There are various treatment methods ,such as internal drugs,external application,acupuncturists,cupping,chiropraxis,and so on. In conclusion，western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine have three mian differences.As we can see,in our country,instead of traditional Chinese medicine,western medicine has been widely accepted by people because of its fast onset.However,I think either of these two selected by us should depend on our physical condition.