The origin of traditional Chinese medicine（ TCM） and science

as well as the human history were reviewed and the meaning of them was re-understood to explore this controversial question that whether Chinese medicine belongs to science from three perspectives involving nature of TCM

TCM belonging to non-science and TCM belonging to science. The authors proposed that the unconditional science in the world was realm of pursuit the truth under the active thinking and wisdom of human. As a discipline based on Chinese culture and the exploration of human body and nature

TCM is also an idea belonged to the real scientific realm. While narrow"science"conception is disdained by TCM

which the latter is unwilling to become.