I have nothing against TCM, I don't think it's purely superstition and I think a lot of TCM herbs have active ingredients that do make a difference in treating illness. In fact a lot of modern medicine is derived from these active ingredients found in traditional herbs.
However, what I have a gripe is the way that TCM is presented. TCM doctors are literally the equivalent of modern day alchemist. Instead of using evidence and trials to understand what the active ingredients are in a herb and why it treats a certain ailment. They use so called "experience" and superstition to substitute for their lack of understanding. A lot of times this is ripe for scams and frauds. Can also be harmful as well.
I don't think China should be promoting this industry in its current form. Part of the reason why Europe industrialized was because of the culture of believing in evidence and the scientific method. While the rest of the world believed in superstitions.
If China wants to catch up in science and technology, china needs to change the mindset of people. Promoting pseudoscience like TCM for nationalism is not a good idea. It's like Modi promoting Hindutva pseudoscience nonesense in India to roil up his Hindu nationalist supporters, because they are insecure about their own culture. So they have to come up with ridiculous lies like cow urine cures cancer, so they can say India is better than America.
I would encourage people who are TCM practitioners to adopt modern evidence based trials to reform the TCM industry.
However, what I have a gripe is the way that TCM is presented. TCM doctors are literally the equivalent of modern day alchemist. Instead of using evidence and trials to understand what the active ingredients are in a herb and why it treats a certain ailment. They use so called "experience" and superstition to substitute for their lack of understanding. A lot of times this is ripe for scams and frauds. Can also be harmful as well.
I don't think China should be promoting this industry in its current form. Part of the reason why Europe industrialized was because of the culture of believing in evidence and the scientific method. While the rest of the world believed in superstitions.
If China wants to catch up in science and technology, china needs to change the mindset of people. Promoting pseudoscience like TCM for nationalism is not a good idea. It's like Modi promoting Hindutva pseudoscience nonesense in India to roil up his Hindu nationalist supporters, because they are insecure about their own culture. So they have to come up with ridiculous lies like cow urine cures cancer, so they can say India is better than America.
I would encourage people who are TCM practitioners to adopt modern evidence based trials to reform the TCM industry.
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