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The combination of east and west: high-energy impact and blending of western and eastern medicine culture
There was not much difference between eastern and western medicine in ancient times. They both relied on three categories of natural sources of medicine: animals, plants and minerals. The cultural differences caused major diversification between the modern eastern and western medicine. The West led in the development of natural sciences by entering into the research of micro-molecules and cells, resulting in the beginning of chemistry and chemical engineering, and embarking on development of chemical compound drugs. The East such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) went on with the heritage of overall adjustment, dialectical treatment, and compounding synergy. Western chemical compound medicine features a single active ingredient with a defined molecular structure, a specific target and pharmacological efficacy, and can be manufactured by way of standardized massive industrial production. However, there are still main downfalls, such as missing the systemic while targeting a single cause, or "seeing a tree but blind to the forest ", and often coming with serious adverse side effects. TCM has advantages of the overall regulation and dialectical treatment, but lacks of microscopic molecular and cellular studies, the chemical composition of compound Chinese medicine and pharmacological efficacy are not clearly defined, thus there exists blind spots. We are dedicated to developing novel botanical drugs with strong points from both sides, based on in-depth theoretical analysis of the Eastern and Western medicine heritage and theorem, taking the advantages so as to compensate for weakness.
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