Pain Research & Management

Biography

Biography: Lizu Xiao

Abstract

The thoughts of Eastern Medicine:

•    Oriental or Chinese medicine (CM),philosophy

•    From thousands of years experiences and following the way of inductive method

•    The concept of a small universe living in a large universe

•    The duality concept of yin and yang

•    Considering health as a balanced state versus disease as an unbalanced state

•    The therapeutic concept in CM—the normalization or reestablishment of balance of the body function

•    The eastern approach is prefering to adapt to the environment

•    The concept of preventive medicine

•    "General not feel any pain, pain is unreasonable.

•     The emphasis is from the “within” to strengthen the enormous defensive and adaptive powers of one’s body

•    May accommodate physical or mental stress

•    Working slowly and appearing to be less effective

•    If successful,result is a balanced comfortable body and a happy person

The thoughts of Western Medicine:

•    WM is Science and following the way of hypothetical deduction

•    The western approach clearly divides the health from the disease

•    WM tends to change the environment

•    Artificial organs or tools used to replace the damaged organs or tissues

•    Synthetic hormones or vitamins used for impaired bodily functions

•    Anti-biotics, anti-inflammatory, anti-convulsant,anti-depression

Because of the different perspectives between Eastern Medicine and Western Medicine, the solutions are different. What are the differences ? Listening to the lecture.