Poland 
Symposium C
Saturday, September 21, 1996

THE VALUE OF THE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM) IN MODERN MEDICINE

Zbigniew GARNUSZEWSKI
State Center of Acupuncture. Warszawa 00-621, Poland.

In recent years the unusual development of the western medical diagnostic methods has been observed. These methods enable the establishment of an errorless diagnosis. Some doctors express the opinion that nowadays the old diagnostic methods of TCM are unnecessary. However, my opinion in this matter is quite different. On the ground of my long experience I conclude that the diagnostic methods of TCM are very useful for western doctors for several reasons.
1. The modern diagnostic methods of western medicine are very expensive and therefore are accessible only for men of means. For that reason the modest and poor people prefer the diagnostic methods of TCM.
2. The diagnostic methods of TCM have some advantages over western diagnostic methods, because they can assess the patient's energetic state, the stock of Qi energy, the balance of Yang-Yin, and the electric conductivity of a particular meridian.
It is beyond any doubt that every western doctor interested in acupuncture should know the diagnostic methods of TCM.

 

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