Is it better to combine traditional Chinese and western medicine or simply Chinese medicine? I'm studying Chinese medicine at the university now, and I'm a little confused, so I want to know.

Personally, I think the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine is a very complicated matter, which needs to be treated with caution, because the treatment and mechanism of action of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine are different, so we can't combine them at will. Moreover, at present, on the whole, western medicine treats the symptoms, while traditional Chinese medicine treats the root cause. For chronic diseases, of course, Chinese medicine has more advantages. At this time, taking western medicine at will may not be effective, but it will disrupt the original treatment process and even cause poisoning because of the interaction between drugs. Western medicine has great advantages in first aid, saving lives, controlling and alleviating chronic diseases. However, if you want to treat chronic diseases more thoroughly, you should choose high-level Chinese medicine, and pay attention to high level, not some two knives. At this time, you should gradually stop using the original western medicine instead of taking it together for a long time. I think eating together is either not a cure (for example, some three major hospitals prescribe a variety of drugs, which may contain Chinese patent medicines), or it is likely to be a disorderly combination (for example, a combination of soup and western medicine). Some methods of western medicine can be used for reference by Chinese medicine, such as how to give full play to the efficacy of drugs.