Exploration of the Thinking of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment "Treatment According to Disease Tendency" in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Perspective of Holism and Constant Motion
10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2024.18.002
- VernacularTitle:整体观与恒动观视域下中医“因势制宜”辨治思维探析
- Author:
Junkai WEN
1
;
Shuyun WANG
1
;
Jiamin GAO
1
;
Wanli DENG
1
Author Information
1. Putuo Hospital，Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine，Shanghai，200062
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
concept of holism;
concept of constant motion;
traditional Chinese medicine thinking;
treatment according to disease tendency;
syndrome differentiation and treatment
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;65(18):1854-1859
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
"Tendency of disease" is an important concept in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. It was born out of and rooted in the thinking of "conducting by tendency" of ancient Chinese philosophy， meaning that the development and change of humans and nature have their own inevitable laws and dynamic tendencies. Based on the concept of holism and constant motion， the basic definition of "tendency"， the origin of the idea， the influence factors and related concepts were analysed， to grasp the overall connection in the dynamic changes in space and time， and to find a scientific and comprehensive objective law of development. The "tendency" was regarded as dynamic forces in the complex system， when yin and yang harmonized， called normal tendency； when fail to keep normal， called disease tendency； the season have sequential tendency， the earth has geographical tendency， people have body tendency， medications have medical tendency， and pulse has pulse tendency. Then the "eight methods of treating tendency" were summed up as observing tendency， evaluating tendency， waiting for tendency， accumulating tendency， favoring tendency， counteracting tendency， preventing tendency， and borrowing tendency， and condenses the methodo-logical thinking of "treatment according to disease tendency"， with a view to re-understanding the internal logic of TCM diagnosis and treatment， and providing metaphysical contemplation and exploration for the construction of a new paradigm of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment.
