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Ann Intern Med. 1975 Dec;83(6):887-93. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-83-6-887.
A scientific delegation visited the People's Republic of China for the purpose of assessing the current status of herbal pharmacology and medicine there. China is attempting to wed traditional and Western medicine so as to take advantage of the potential contributions of both. This wedding seems possible at the empiric level despite theoretical contradictions. Traditional remedies are widely prescribed, but the actual impact of such medication on disease is difficult to assess, because of the failure of the Chinese up until now to evaluate such remedies by modern clinical trial methodology. All Western drugs are readily available in China, and indeed are manufactured for export as well as for use within the country. The current chinese approach to the patient-doctor relation, and some novel ideas with regard to both medical and surgical therapy pose provocative questions for Western physicians.
一个科学代表团访问了中华人民共和国，旨在评估该国草药药理学和医学的现状。中国正在尝试将传统医学与西医结合起来，以便利用两者的潜在贡献。尽管存在理论上的矛盾，但在经验层面上，这种结合似乎是可行的。传统药物被广泛使用，但由于中国至今未能采用现代临床试验方法来评估这些药物，因此很难评估此类药物对疾病的实际影响。所有西药在中国都很容易买到，而且实际上是为出口以及国内使用而生产的。中国目前处理医患关系的方式以及一些关于医学和外科治疗的新观念，给西方医生提出了一些具有挑战性的问题。
