The.Third.Law.Of.Medical.Science
(2022-11-11 14:52:28)
A netizen
gave his comment after he had read my blogs:
"Each
medicine has something poisonous."
I
replied: What you said is right !
In fact, this is the third law of mediccal
science.
According to the third law , we can realize
easily that
both TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and
western
medicines have something
poisonous.
So, we can't say that TCM only means
toxicity while western medicine only means
effectiveness.
And by the third law, we also can easily explain
lot toxic
and side effects caused by western medicine, and
explain
a large number of facts that our TCM can
effectively treat
many
diseases.
In fact , both patients and
doctors should face up to the
toxicity of drugs , and the understanding of
drug toxicity
should be objective and fair ,
a nd
never use words
like
"All western medicines
are effective , and all TCMs are
toxic."
to cajole or cheat patients ,
otherwise it is very
irresponsible.
Objectively speaking , many western medicines
are also
toxic.
So, we should't
let western medicines
muddle
through using all the
words like toxic side effects.
For
examples:
1. Streptomycin, kanamycin, gentamycin, etc.
have obvious toxicity to the cranial nerves, which can cause
tinnitus, dizziness, and deafness;
2. Chloramphenicol, synthamycin and most
anti-cancer drugs are toxic to the hematopoietic system, which can
inhibit bone marrow hematopoiesis and cause leukopenia and
thrombocytopenia.
3. In the 1950s, thalidomide , a new drug in
Western Europe, was widely used as a sedative in pregnancy
reaction, resulting in more than 8000 deformed
fetuses.
4. As
we know, sublingual nitroglycerin in an
appropriate
amount can effectively treat
angina pectoris.
But on the other hand,
nitroglycerin is also an explosive.
And those who always want
to ruin our TCM will not
be
unaware of such basic
knowledge, right?
Of
course , excessive
dosage and
long duration of
taking
medicine are
often important
factors
that
induce drug
toxicity.
Therefore ,
when we want to avoid the toxic effects
of
drugs as far as possible, the most important is
not to say
no to TCM or say yes to western medicine , but
to strictly
control the dosage of drugs, which is the
key.
The dosage of drugs should be strictly
controlled within
the effective dosage level ,
and the dosage of
drugs
should not reach the
toxic dosage as far as possible.
And also the experience
of patients with drug use should
be considered in detail,
and the drug reaction of patients
should be observed in
detail.
At
last, in a word :
And according to this third law , we can also
get the
following inference:
Whether TCM or western medicine, the toxicity of
drugs
is known and controllable.