面向21世紀的東洋醫學之未來

THE FUTURE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE IN THE 2lST CENTURY

21 世紀的醫療環境，最令人關注的是人口平均壽命的延長所帶來的老齡化社會。因此而產生的病種變化及歸結於成人病範疇的高血壓、癌症、糖尿病等慢性退行性疾病的增加趨勢，必然使確保療效與提高“ 生存的質” 雙重效果成為未來醫學的追求目標。現代醫學所面臨的對成人病治療上的局限性，使得更多的醫學界學者開始把目光轉向世界各國的傳統醫學方面，隨著這種醫學發展的潮流，現代醫學逐步開闢了稱之為“ 替代醫學” 的新學術領域，追求“ 健康” 與“ 高質量的生存形式” 的大眾之願望，使醫學無法停留在治療疾病的階段上，未來醫學將是從治療轉到預防，進而步入增進健康，維持高水平的“ 生存的質”的多維領域。基於這種發展趨勢，東洋醫學未來面臨的研究方向是強化東洋思維的特殊性，在新的歷史階段中，迎合時代的要求，將東洋醫學所具有的治療、預防，增進健康方面的優越性發揚光大，並利用現代技術與現代醫學已證實的諸般客觀指標，盡可能地創造較為接近的實驗模型來多方研究證明東洋醫學的臨床實用價值。The most striking challenge for medicine in the 21st century lies in it having to deal increasingly with the problems deriving from an prolonged life span. Health problems will be increasing related to degenerative diseases such as hypertension, caner, and diabetes. The dual aim of medicine in the future must be to improve treatment of these diseases and to enhance quality of life. The limits in dealing with adult disease at the present time are prompting many people in the medical words to turn to traditional forms of medicine, and conventional medicine is gradually accepting the notion of' 'alternative medicine'. The desire for health and for a high quality of life means that medicine cannot remain at the stage of merely curing disease any longer. In future, greater attention has to be paid to prevention and enhancing health. In view of these developments, reserch in Oriental Medicine will be directed towards strengthening the features of its own approach. Meeting the challenges of the new age, we will be developing the advantages of Oriental Medicine in treatment and prevention disease and in health enhancement, using the techniques of modern medicine to provide objective proof, so to provide evidence of the value of Oriental medicine that is increasing based on solid research models.