——Professor Ji Liangchen talks about traditional Chinese medicine education
The master who has mastered both traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts today is Ji Liangchen.
Ji Lao has been obsessed with traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts for most of his life. Influenced by his grandfather, Cheng Jishun, Ulibu Erji, censor of the late Qing Dynasty, he studied medicine at an early age. He successively became a disciple of four famous Chinese medicine masters. He has been hanging pot in Kyoto for 50 years and has countless living people. Ji Lao, who likes to play with boxing and swords, is also the fifth-generation disciple of Yang Luchan, the fourth-generation descendant of Mai's Xingyiquan and the founder of Yang's Tai Chi. He has profound knowledge of Chinese martial arts.
Medical books, swords, celadon, and scrolls filled the study room with an antique scent. Ji Lao had a straight waist and full of energy. After understanding the purpose of the interview, he responded readily, with a clear and eloquent voice, and his outspoken views on traditional Chinese medicine education.
Ji Lao looks at college education: the teaching content is worrying
“Education is the biggest problem of traditional Chinese medicine. The basic skills of students trained in colleges now are too poor.” Ji Lao often asks intern students in clinical practice how many types of pulse are there and what are the Qijuemai, but many people cannot answer the question; classic ancient books cannot break sentences or make typos, and can recite the entire preface of Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" There were only a few people, and all this made Ji Lao deeply worried.
There are big problems with the methods and content of current education in colleges and universities. They copy the Western education model without the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine. There are more and more courses on Western medicine, but fewer and fewer classic studies; foreign languages ??are tightened, but classical medical texts are loosened. Some people say that "to improve overall quality, one must master Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and foreign languages." But first, one must base oneself on Chinese medicine and solidify one's own knowledge. How much information on traditional Chinese medicine is from foreign sources? Learning ancient medical literature well and being able to read ancient medical books is probably more important than mastering a foreign language!
Westernized traditional Chinese medicine hospitals have intensified the westernization of traditional Chinese medicine education
In addition to the reasons of the universities themselves, the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine education has a lot to do with the "market terminal" - traditional Chinese medicine hospitals. If Hospitals can provide conditions for pure and pure traditional Chinese medicine and have people to "back them up". Of course, schools can train talents according to this market. But the current situation is that many students trained in traditional Chinese medicine schools have to switch to Western medicine; if young doctors who enter traditional Chinese medicine hospitals do not study Western medicine, it will be difficult for them to get promoted.
This is a series of problems from TCM education to TCM clinical practice. There are more than 2,800 grade-level TCM hospitals in China, none of which are truly traditional TCM hospitals. Almost all of them are "integrated" TCM and Western medicine hospitals. If schools train pure TCM students, they may not be able to find suitable institutions in society. Traditional Chinese medicine hospitals have become Westernized and no longer have the surname "Zhong".
The root cause is the ineffective implementation of policies
The problem of traditional Chinese medicine education is related to traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, and the root cause is the ineffective implementation of traditional Chinese medicine policies. Ji Lao believes that the spirit and policies of the central government have not been well implemented for a long time, and the publicity is not enough. Some leaders do not pay attention to traditional Chinese medicine psychologically and do not consider problems in the construction of traditional Chinese medicine. Instead, they use the content of Western medicine to build and transform traditional Chinese medicine. . If young Chinese medicine practitioners do not learn Western medicine, their promotion will be problematic. Isn’t this caused by the system?
Although Chinese and Western medicine have their own advantages, since we are Chinese medicine people, we should emphasize the advantages of Chinese medicine. Why do we have to move closer to Western medicine? In the early days of the establishment of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in the capital, all directors of various departments were Chinese medicine practitioners. We should have this confidence in pure Chinese medicine treatment. Ji Lao suggested that if Chinese medicine and Western medicine can each have their own assessment and promotion system, it will help cultivate Chinese medicine talents and create a relaxed environment for Chinese medicine surnamed "Zhong".
"I know it's all in vain. Some old Chinese doctors have become accustomed to it and don't say a word in meetings." But Mr. Ji also said that he would still get excited when talking about some strange phenomena. Although he is over seventy years old, he is still concerned about national affairs and world affairs. He cuts and pastes good articles in newspapers every day, and highlights the highlights with red pen. So far, he has accumulated several large drawers of such clippings.
Master-disciple inheritance is the best and fastest method of inheritance.
Master-disciple inheritance is the traditional way of training talents of Chinese medicine in my country. Mr. Ji himself has taught to four famous people one after another. The old Chinese medicine doctor formally kowtowed to become his master. He believes that master-apprenticeship is the best way to teach. Only half of the five years of undergraduate education is spent actually learning Chinese medicine, while a lot can be learned during the five-year period of master-apprenticeship. During the visit with the teacher, through the teacher's explanation, clinical experience can be linked to theoretical knowledge at any time, combined together, and integrated, "This is so powerful!" Traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine are closely integrated, and there is no difference between traditional Chinese medicine, prescriptions, traditional Chinese medicine, and internal and external surgery. points, everything revolves around clinical practice, true knowledge comes from practice, and you can learn the most practical knowledge in the shortest time.
Teachers and apprentices should also be carried out step by step. Ji Lao believes that it can be divided into three stages: assisting diagnosis, semi-letting go, and letting go. In the beginning, students just watched from the sidelines. This was the internship stage, which was also called "assistant diagnosis" in the past. Then I started to help the master copy prescriptions. At this time, I already had some clinical experience and could master the properties and usage of commonly used traditional Chinese medicines. It should be noted that the prescription must be written clearly and clearly. If you want to be lazy and write "Isatis root" as "Isatis root", it will definitely not work. Finally, after a certain period of time, students can be allowed to diagnose diseases individually according to the situation.
Lao Ji advocates that masters and apprentices should "ask each other questions." The master asks the student, and the student asks the teacher. Only by discussing with each other can they learn from each other and improve. Now that I have been a master and apprentice for three years, there are not many opportunities to actually be together. I must seize the time to learn and not just go through the motions.
I am afraid that there will be no way out if I take out my apprentices
Some people sincerely come to Mr. Ji and want to learn from him, but Mr. Ji does not dare to accept them. Many old Chinese medicine practitioners have this understanding: After years of hard work and training, their apprentices turned to Western medicine because they could not obtain medical qualifications and could not take the path of Chinese medicine. They mocked themselves as training "gravediggers" of Chinese medicine. ".
Because the "Licensing Physician Law" stipulates that one must have more than 4 years of medical school education to take the exam, and nearly half of the exam content is Western medicine. This makes it impossible for those folk TCM doctors who have medical skills, but are just apprentices and have not received formal Western medical education, to obtain the qualifications to practice medicine. Ji Lao said that those private apprentices are like flies lying on the glass, with a bright future but no way out. The policy is so stuck that they don't even have the qualifications to take the exam, let alone advancement.
Ji Lao suggested that for these private doctors who are apprentices, the state can formulate special qualification certification methods to give them a way out, otherwise the door to the inheritance of private masters and apprentices may be blocked.
What makes Ji Laobei happy is that his little granddaughter is already studying in the seven-year program of the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the capital. With a successor, he naturally missed every opportunity to "open a small stove" for his granddaughter, guiding her to practice calligraphy and reading. The first requirement was to recite the original preface of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", "Jian'an Annals...Ten Jus of Febrile Diseases" Seventh..." That day, his granddaughter finally recited these 600 words word for word in front of his grandfather. Mr. Ji felt calm. "Your generation should be better than us," Mr. Ji said with a smile. . B21
Personal profile
Ji Liangchen, courtesy name Xiaochun, is a Manchu nationality. He was born in February 1928 and is a native of Beijing, the capital city. Influenced by court training since childhood, he taught in a private school for 9 years. He loves alchemy and medicine, enjoys playing boxing and swords, and is especially good at Qigong. He is the fourth generation descendant of the Mai family of Xingyi and the fifth generation disciple of Lu Chan. He was born in Kyoto at the age of 21 and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Training School in the capital. Currently, he is an honorary member of the National Pharmacopoeia Commission of the People's Republic of China, executive director of the my country Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Health Care, deputy director of the Expert Advisory Committee of the my country Folk Medicine Research and Development Association, drug audit committee member of the State Drug Administration, and the capital city of Beijing. Senior consultant of Diaoyutai Health and Wellness Center and other positions.
Academic Thoughts and Achievements
He is good at using methods such as replenishing the liver and kidneys and regulating the spleen and stomach to treat difficult and miscellaneous diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, spleen and stomach diseases, male diseases and other diseases. He is also an expert in health care and anti-aging techniques. He is very knowledgeable and has integrated the three methods of medicine, martial arts and qi into one, and is very good at medical care. He has written "Records of Clinical Treatment and Treatment", "Inner Canon Hidden Symbols", "Experiences of Jinkui", "Illustrated Explanations of Tai Chi", "True Meaning of Form and Meaning", "Extracted Meanings of Chinese Qigong", "Exploration of Chinese Qigong", "Yang "The True Meaning of Tai Chi" and other more than one million words of manuscripts and lecture notes, some of which have been published, and dozens of academic papers with high academic value have been published. In 1994, he won the first "Life Cup" World Traditional Medicine Global-International highest individual honor gold medal.
Life insights
Do not be lazy in your work, do not be lazy in learning, continue to experience and deepen.
We must live and learn until we are old, and devote ourselves to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine without sparing any effort.