Title: recognizing the difference between the eastern and western culture based on different ways of viewing things | pureinsight
Headings: Recognizing the Difference between the Eastern and Western Culture Based on Different Ways of Viewing Things
Recognizing the Difference between the Eastern and Western Culture Based on Different Ways of Viewing Things
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(1) Differences in the Visual Senses
(2) Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
(4) Summary

Content: The full research results were published on Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Scientific American Magazine also published an article on the experiment. ( 2)
(2) Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Actually the difference between the Eastern culture and the Western culture is not only reflected in how people from the two cultures view things differently, the difference can be seen in many different areas. The Eastern culture puts more emphasis on looking at an issue holistically while people from the western culture (such as Americans) tend to analyze different objects independently. This point could be clearly seen from the practices of the Chinese and western medicine. As a part of the long-lasting traditional Chinese culture, Chinese medicine was quite advanced in ancient times. Its accomplishments could be seen from the stories of legendary doctors of ancient Chinese medicine, such as Hua Tuo and Sun Simiao. A doctor of Chinese medicine uses four methods to diagnose a patient, looking, smelling, asking questions and checking the pulse of the patient. Comparing to today's western medicine which relies heavily on performing laboratory analysis and tests, Chinese medicine can be practiced in an easier and more straight-forward manner, and is able to cure the illnesses at their roots. The splendid historical accomplishments of Chinese medicine had everything to do with the divine culture of ancient China.