The Pathology Theory of the Oriental Medicine.
- Author:
In Sok YEO
1
Author Information
1. National Institute of Environmental Research, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract ; Historical Article
- Keywords:
Pathology Theory;
Oriental Medicine
- MeSH:
Asia;
English Abstract;
History of Medicine, Modern;
Pathology/*history;
Philosophy, Medical/*history
- From:Korean Journal of Medical History
1995;4(1):37-44
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The oriental medicine differs from the western medicine in many aspects. Especially they show great differences in their understnding of diseases as the object of medical science. But their differences were often exaggerated and accentuated. In this article I would like to reveal various aspects of oriental medicine which have often been ignored by schematic comparison with the western medicine. They are as follows. 1) The pathology theory of the oriental medicine has changed as the time has gone by. 2) The pathology theory of the oriental medicine is not based on single paradigm. 3) Nosologic problems in oriental and western medicine.
