[The Chrysanthemum and the Sword-on the Pathway of Integrative Medicine of Cardiothoracic Surgery].

Abstract

The integrating of Chinese medicine (CM) and Western medicine (WM) on cardiotho- racic surgery seems difficult to achieve. As cultural merging, the integration actually has a broader pros- pect. Authors discuss the advantages of integrative medicine (IM) , controversy and difficulties from the developing history of IM cardiothoracic surgery, thus pointing to its development direction.