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中医面临的危机

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ID: 0380 Advanced
你知道针灸吗？你喝过中药吗？你看到过针灸用的针吗？你相信中医吗？作为中国传统的医学，中医发展到现在也已经经历了几千年的历史了。但是，随着科技的发展，一些人对于中医也产生了质疑，让我们传统的中医学面临了危机。
Thu Dec 28 2006 | Jenny, 肖霞
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征集 zhēngjí to collect
医疗 yīliáo medical treatment
国粹 guócuì the quintessence of a country
荒谬 huāngmiù absurd
你听说了吗？前不久有人在网上征集签名，要求让中医在五年内全部退出国家医疗体制。
nǐ tīngshuō le ma ？qián bù jiǔ yǒu rén zài wǎngshàng zhēngjí qiānmíng ，yāoqiú ràng zhōngyī zài wǔ niánnèi quánbù tuìchū guójiā yīliáo tǐzhì 。
Have you heard? Not long ago someone had an online petition seeking to get Traditional Chinese Medicine completely out of the national medical system within five years.
什么？中医是我们的国粹，怎么会有人这么荒谬，要求取消中医呢？
shénme ？zhōngyī shì wǒmen de guócuì ，zénme huì yǒu rén zhème huāngmiù ，yāoqiú qǔxiāo zhōngyī ne ？
What? Traditional Chinese Medicine is the essence of our culture. How could people be so ridiculous! They want to abolish Chinese Medicine?
是啊，而且这个人还是一个大学教授。他在自己的博客上发表了好几篇文章，说中医是不科学，没有疗效，而且滥用自然资源，欺骗患者等等，呼吁民间告别中医中药。
shì ā ，érqiě zhège rén háishì yī ge dàxué jiāoshòu 。tā zài zìjǐ de bókè shàng fābiǎo le hǎo jǐ piān wénzhāng ，shuō zhōngyī shì bù kēxué ，méiyǒu liáoxiào ，érqiě lànyòng zìrán zīyuán ，qīpiàn huànzhě děngděng ，hūyù mínjiān gàobié zhōngyī zhōngyào 。
Yeah. And this guy is a university professor. He published a bunch of articles on his personal blog saying that Chinese Medicine is not scientific, it's not useful, that it wastes natural resources, and that it scams sufferers. He's calling for people to say good-bye to Chinese Medicine.
简直是胡说八道！这么无知的人，怎么能当大学教授呢？中医中药的治疗效果现在在国际上也得到了越来越多的认可，韩国正准备将源于中医的韩医申报世界遗产，英国政府正寻求通过立法来为中医正名，而身为一个中国的大学教授，竟然这样践踏我们的传统医学，实在太让人愤怒了。
jiǎnzhí shì húshuōbādào ！zhème wúzhī de rén ，zěnme néng dāng dàxué jiāoshòu ne ？zhōngyī zhōngyào de zhìliáo xiàoguǒ xiànzài zài guójì shàng yě dédào le yuèláiyuè duō de rènkě ，Hánguó zhèng zhǔnbèi jiāng yuányú zhōngyī de hányī shēnbào shìjiè yíchǎn ，Yīngguó zhèngfǔ zhèng xúnqiú tōngguò lìfǎ lái wèi zhōngyī zhèngmíng ，ér shēnwéi yī ge Zhōngguó de dàxué jiāoshòu ，jìngrán zhèyàng jiàntà wǒmen de chuántǒng yīxué ，shízài tài ràngrén fènnù le 。
That's simply nonsense! How could such an ignorant guy be a university professor? The efficacy of Chinese medicine is getting more international recognition all the time. Korea is getting ready to apply for World Cultural Heritage status for Korean medicine, which is based on Chinese medicine. The British government is considering legislation to rectify the reputation of Chinese medicine. And amazingly, this Chinese university professor is trampling on our traditional medicine! It makes me so angry!
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