美国认同中医药学为独立科学体系是真新闻

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虽然这个“首次”、“从‘补充和替代医学(CAM)’中分离出来”显然不确切；因为这第一像luye同学指出的那样，不是什么首次，NCCAM文件早就指出过；第二并没有这个分离一说，因为根本不存在这样的必要，中医自成独立科学体系，并不影响它仍然在补充和替代医学范畴之内。然而，因为一些枝节的不正确而全盘否定，显然不是科学的思维方法。

美国食品与药物管理局（FDA）发布的指导性文件原文：

美国国家补充与替代医学中心（NCCAM）把整体医学体系描述为：“与对抗（常规）医学独立地或平行发展的完整的理论和实践体系”。
NCCAM describes whole medical systems as involving "complete systems of theory and practice that have evolved independently from or parallel to allopathic (conventional) medicine."

http://www.fda.gov/cber/gdlns/altmed.pdf

与《人民日报》新闻引用内容完全一致。独立于西方医学之外，并被美国权威机构承认为医学、并与西方医学并列的，不是被美国承认为独立的科学体系，又是什么体系？美国国家卫生总署也拿出真金白银，支持无数包括中医在内的整体医学项目，德国甚至把针灸列入了全民保健系统报销范围，这支持的不是科学，难道还是伪科学不成？

科学是发展的，科学也从来承认人的认知的有限。西方科学界或者说西方医学界，从来都没有自大到认为只有西医才算现代医学、中医不属于现代医学范畴。恰恰相反，他们正是把中医包括在科学和现代医学之内。方舟子本人也曾多次认同英文Wikipedia质量之完善，我们也不妨看看出典完备的英文 Wikipedia里面的相关认定吧：

Sience（科学）条：

Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means.[1] In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on empiricism, experimentation, and methodological naturalism, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research. This article focuses on the meaning of science in the latter sense.

Medecine（医学）条：

Medical care is shared between medical professions (physicians) and other professionals such as physician assistants, nurses and pharmacists, sometimes known as allied health professionals. Historically, only those with a medical doctorate have been considered to practice medicine. Clinicians (licensed professionals who deal with patients) can be physicians, nurses, therapists or others. The medical profession is the social and occupational structure of the group of people xxxxally trained and authorized to apply medical knowledge. Many countries and legal jurisdictions have legal limitations on who may practice medicine.

Medicine comprises various specialized sub-branches, such as cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, or other fields such as sports medicine, research or public health.

Human societies have had various different systems of health care practice since at least the beginning of recorded history. Medicine, in the modern period, is the mainstream scientific tradition which developed in the Western world since the early Renaissance (around 1450). Many other traditions of health care are still practiced throughout the world; most of these are separate from Western medicine, which is also called biomedicine, allopathic medicine or the Hippocratic tradition. The most highly developed of these are traditional Chinese medicine and the Ayurvedic traditions of India and Sri Lanka. Various non-mainstream traditions of health care have also developed in the Western world. These systems are sometimes considered companions to Hippocratic medicine, and sometimes are seen as competition to the Western tradition. Few of them have any scientific confirmation of their tenets, because if they did they would be brought into the fold of Western medicine.
Scientific method（科学方法）条：

Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. It is based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable evidence, subject to the principles of reasoning[1].

“哪里有‘科学’一词”的问法，是荒唐可笑的。我们在讨论西医、物理、数学的时候，也无须特别做出它们属于“科学”的认定。美国人和中国人一样，当然不会特意去做“中医是科学”这样的认定，就像不会特意去做“西医是科学”这样的认定一样，因为无论是对中、还是外，这本来就是题中应有之义。这样的题中应有之义，当然也不是不可以别出心裁提出质疑，比如，通过研究，得出中医不是科学、或者中医是伪科学这样的结论；但是，这是科学家们在医学专业杂志或者学术会议上才可能做的事；而无论如何，都不是一个从来没有学过一天医学的无业游民所可能指正的。

和英文Wiki一样，FDA指导文件偏偏不用反科学写手们所无比热爱的“现代医学”（modern medicine）这一概念来形容西方医学（Western medicine），而偏偏只用对抗医学 （allopathic medicine）或者常规医学（conventional medicine）的概念，并将中医等整体医学（whole medical systems）或称替代医学（alternative medical systems）与之并列。这难道是偶然的么？

反科学斗士们的卑劣伎俩之一，就是抢夺话语权。把打真或者造假说成打假；把“对抗医学” （allopathic medicine）或者“西方医学”（Western medicine）说成是现代医学的唯一代表；把世界卫生组织（WHO）认定的官方翻译“替代医学”（alternative medicine）强译成“另类医学”，就是例子。

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附：方舟子：举报假新闻“美国首次认同中医药学为独立科学体系”
2007-08-03　04:28:48
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国内现在正在打击假新闻，我现在举报，《人民日报》2007年8月3日刊登的“美国首次认同中医药学为独立科学体系”就是一条欺骗国人的假新闻。FDA发布的指导性文件原文见：

http://www.fda.gov/cber/gdlns/altmed.pdf

文件中只有两处提到中医，都是和印度草医放一块的，翻译如下：
“‘补充与另类医学’一词涵盖许多种医疗实践、产品和疗法，它们与‘常规’或‘对抗疗法’医学的实践、产品和疗法有显著的差异。有些形式的补充与另类医学，例如中医和印度草医，已被实践了数百年，而其他的，例如电疗法，则是更晚近才出现的。”（The term "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) encompasses a wide array of health care practices, products, and therapies that are distinct from practices, products, and therapies used in "conventional" or "allopathic" medicine. Some xxxxs of CAM, such as traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, have been practiced for centuries, whereas others, such as electrotherapy, are more recent in origin.）
“NCCAM（国家补充与另类医学中心）把完整医药体系描述为涉及‘与对抗疗法（常规）医学独立地或平行地演变的完整的理论和实践体系’。这些可能反映了独特的文化体系，例如中医和印度草医。”（NCCAM describes whole medical systems as involving "complete systems of theory and practice that have evolved independently from or parallel to allopathic (conventional) medicine." These may reflect individual cultural systems, such as traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine.）
这不过指出了众所周知的事实，即中医和印度草医类似，与“常规医学”（现代医学）存在显著差异，有数百年的历史，是一个独特的文化体系。哪里认同中医是个 “科学体系”？哪里有“科学”一词？哪里表明FDA接受了中医药理念和治疗功能？难道中国中医科学院认为FDA像中国药监局那样是可以用阴阳五行胡扯就糊弄过去的？
FDA的这份文件还特地指出，不可因为文件中提到某种疗法、实践或产品就认为FDA在支持它（any mention of a particular CAM therapy, practice, or product should not be construed as expressing FDA's support for or endorsement of that particular CAM therapy, practice,or product or, unless specified otherwise, as an agency determination that a particular product is safe and effective for its intended uses or is safe for use.），大概就是料到了可能会有骗子要拿这份文件骗人。中国中医科学院陈可冀院士是因为英文水平太差看不懂这份文件，还是有意造谣欺骗国人？这是不是再次证明了中医的“国际地位”是靠谎言打造的？

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http://www.sina.com.cn 2007年08月03日01:32 人民网-人民日报
本报北京8月2日电 (记者王淑军) 记者今天从中国中医科学院获悉：美国食品药品管理局(FDA)新近发布了一份指导性文件《补充和替代医学产品及FDA管理指南(初稿)》，将包括中医药在内的传统医学从“补充和替代医学(CAM)”中分离出来，首次认同中医药学与西方主流医学一样，是一门有着完整理论和实践体系的独立科学体系，而不仅仅是对西方主流医学的补充。
据中国中医科学院陈可冀院士介绍，美国FDA这一继2004年发布《植物药产品指南》之后的新文件，契合了以患者为中心的医疗模式，顺应了美国国内补充和替代医学快速发展的现状，表明了FDA对中医药理念和治疗功能的接受程度有所提高，在新药开发问题上有了较积极、务实的态度。
美国国家补充和替代医学中心(NCCAM)和FDA认为，传统医学体系是“有完整理论和实践体系、与对抗疗法(西方主流医学传统疗法)独立或平行发展而来”的，有着独特的文化传承背景。它们具有一些共同的元素，如相信机体有自愈能力，治疗方法也有独到之处。