Medical Science Is Never A Sophistry

( 2. Toxicity And Effectiveness Of Medicine) 

One of the most proud skills of a gang of pseudo

scholars who always want to ruin our TCM 

( Traditional Chinese Medicine ) is weaving various 

sophistry techniques to deceive and tease patients, 

and its essence is not responsible to the patients 

and the therapeutic effects.

Although the types of such sophistries are diverse, 

actually, all of such sophistries are all produced by 

a standard production process, which is:

Draw a conclusion first, 

Find or forge reasons later, 

Ignore any facts they dislike or don't understand, 

And they never care about therapeutic effects 

 

as long as  they  dislike !

For example, even now, there is still a guy who said  

"The deceptive nature of TCM 

lies in its therapeutic effect"

For it, he gave a lot of reasons seeming plausible 

in a way of pretending seriousness.

And this kind of sophistry itself is a specimen  

from that production line of "drawing 

conclusions first, finding reasons later, 

disregarding buth facts and therapeutic 

effects". 

Specifically, they first determined that 

traditional Chinese medicine is unscientific 

and toxic.

Under this premise, they can freely slander 

our TCM !

Now it's worth dissecting this kind of sophistry 

a bit, because only by studying flies can we 

better eliminate them.

That guy first highlights the toxicity of traditional 

Chinese medicine, while describing the toxicity 

of Western medicine as a side effect and 

defending its toxicity. 

He said :

 "the side effect of Western medicine is 

the price that must be paid in order to 

treat a disease under certain 

circumstances ." 

Then, does traditional Chinese medicine also 

have such rights ? 

Or, what reason is to deprive traditional Chinese 

medicine of its such rights after all ?

Actually, those guys are very clear that if 

traditional Chinese medicine also obtains 

such rights, then they may have no opportunity 

to slander our traditional Chinese medicine 

any more !

And more, this guy also said:

 "The toxic and side effects of traditional 

Chinese medicine are not yet clear, and 

there is no therapeutic effect"

But, is western medicine everything clear and 

no  toxic and side effects ? 

Then, why are there always accidents till now ?

When it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, 

they always mention aristolochic acid and 

excessive heavy metals. 

But why not talk about the wonderful use of 

Western medicine warfarin as a rodenticide ?

Moreover, excessive heavy metals are also 

common problems, such as cauliflower, lotus 

root, celery, lettuce, shepherd's purse, water 

chestnuts, all contain heavy metals. 

Why use the heavy metals in traditional Chinese 

medicine to scare patients ? 

In fact, only an objective view of drug toxicity 

is the true scientific attitude .

But malicious favoritism like him is playing 

with professional terminology, deceiving 

and teasing patients !

Essentially, it means being irresponsible to 

the patient and irresponsible to the 

therapeutic effect.

For a long time, when the gang of pseudo

scholars mentioned the toxicity of medicine, 

they used two standards.

The first standard is for their western medicine, 

according to this standard, only medicine's side 

effects can be discussed, but toxicity cannot be 

mentioned. 

The second standard is for our traditional Chinese 

medicine, according to this standard, only  toxicity 

can be discussed, but side effects cannot be 

mentioned, let alone therapeutic effects.

This is a typical sophistry !

Are they discussing medical science ?

Why can't we talk about therapeutic effects 

when discussing  medical science ?

Why can't we talk about therapeutic effects 

when discussing  traditional Chinese medicine ?

Are they the business representatives from 

crematorium ?

They often say that traditional Chinese medicine 

is not only little toxic, but also very toxic.

But,  warfarin, as western medicine, can still be 

used as rodenticide, isn't this  very toxic ? 

And western medicine often uses nitroglycerin 

tablets for emergency treatment of heart disease, 

but nitroglycerin can also be used as something 

else.

What can those guys say for it ? 

In fact, both western medicine and traditional 

Chinese medicine have some toxicity and side 

effects. 

So, we cannot talk about western medicine by 

just using side effects to cover its toxicity.

At the same time, we cannot discuss traditional 

Chinese medicine without talking about its 

efficacy, by saying that "Traditional Chinese 

medicine has high toxicity " to intimidate 

patients in this way.

All these deceptions are irresponsible to 

patients and efficacy !

Because when it comes to medicine, whether 

traditional Chinese medicine or Western 

medicine, we should talk about its efficacy, 

its side effects and even its toxicity.

This is the scientific attitude and this is the 

responsibility to patients and efficacy.

Till now, we can see that the saying of 

 'The deceptive nature of TCM lies in its therapeutic effect ' itself is the true 

deception !

Because no medicine has the right to be 

exempt from toxicity testing, even western 

medicine strives for its efficacy while strictly 

controlling its toxicity or other side effects.

It is very shameless to advocate for those 

double standards on this issue !

So, we must adhere to the First Law of 

Medical Science ! 

that is: 

We should discuss science according to 

objective facts, and meanwhile ,we 

should discuss medical science according 

to curative effects .

And from it, we can see that when discussing  

medication, we should focus on its efficacy

 and strictly control its toxicity or side effects. 

As doctors, patients or potential patients, we 

should pay attention to the efficacy of medicine.

Namely, any kind of medicine, whether traditional 

Chinese medicine or western medicine, as long 

as the treatment is is indeed effective, even if it 

is only effective for part patients, it is worth 

referring to use.

And if used, it's important to control its toxicity 

or side effects.

After all, the only mission of  medicine is to 

effectively treat diseases, and we don't have 

to notice any sophistry.

So, when we see this kind of sophistry, just 

push it into a dustbin .

Never be confused by it, 

or may be conquered by it !

------ On September 14, 2023