Differences in the origin of philosophy between Chinese medicine and western medicine: Exploration of the holistic advantages of Chinese medicine

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 706-711

  Sun, Da Zhi ^a,b   Li, Shao Dan ^b   Liu, Yi ^b   Zhang, Yin ^b   Mei, Rong ^b   Yang, Ming Hui ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; integration; philosophy differences; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANATOMY; ART; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMS THEORY; THINKING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN MEDICINE;

HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICINE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHILOSOPHY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 84883302822     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-013-1435-5     Document Type: Article

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