Towards Holistic Medicine

Holistic medicine is:

• A clinical discipline that integrates both Eastern and Western medical methods and knowledge systems into one
• An evidence-based medicine that simultaneously embodies both a holistic approach and personalized principles
• The most straightforward form of medicine that adheres to scientific standards and effectively meets the needs of humanity

In recent years, the integrated research on living organisms initiated by systems biology, along with the efforts of precision medicine to tailor treatment plans based on the individual characteristics of each patient, have opened up the process of modern biology and medicine returning to the ideas of Chinese medical traditions. Under the larger perspective of the development and evolution of Eastern and Western medicine, biology, and even natural science for hundreds of years, this book follows the evolution of modern scientific methods and reveals the inevitable trend of future medicine?holistic medicine. Holistic medicine is a medical system that fully integrates Chinese and Western medical methods and knowledge systems and conforms to scientific norms. It is an evidence-based medicine that embodies the holistic concept and individualized principles. This book outlines the method and theoretical framework of holistic medicine, and provides the method of constructing the theoretical system and using it to achieve the best regulation of diseases. It can be expected that holistic medicine will become the mainstream medicine in the 21st century.

Preface. THE HUMAN BODY AND MEDICAL TRADITION OF HOLISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF COMPLEXITY SCIENCE. System, Model and State Description. The Rise of Complexity Science: Science Begins to Directly Face the Complexity of Life. The Human Body under the Vision of Natural Science and Complexity Science. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): A Medical Tradition that only Today’s Science can Understand. TOWARDS HOLISTIC MEDICINE. The Crises and Reform & Opening-Up of Modern Medicine. Crises and Opportunities Brought by the Collision of Eastern and Western Medicine. The Medical Revolution Triggered by Precision Medicine and Its Scientific Limitations. The Inevitability of Medical Integration and the Difficulties of Integration. Towards the Medical Era with Holism and Personalized Idea as the Mainstream. Holistic Medicine: A Medical System that Combines State Medicine and Disease Medicine. References. Index.

Bing Yuan is a TCM practitioner, as well as a scientist and a philosopher. He has a knowledge background of Chinese and Western medicine, and is familiar with the methodology of natural science, especially complexity science. He has been engaged in clinical practice for nearly 50 years, and is skilled at the comprehensive treatment of complex and difficult patients in general practice. He has long been committed to the research of medical methodology and artificial intelligence, and is an experienced researcher of holistic medicine.