"Study on Congenital Constitution Terms Consist of ""Bing"" Before Qing Dynasty"
10.11842/wst.2014.05.021
- VernacularTitle:清以前以“禀”为词素的先天体质术语研究
- Author:
Shuying YAO
;
Rong LIANG
;
Danxi LI
;
Ding TIAN
;
Zhaoping WANG
;
Dongning CHEN
;
Shenghua WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional Chinese medicine body constitution;
congenital;
heredity;
body structure;
life span
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2014;(5):1079-1084
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This study was aimed to investigate the congenital constitution terms consist of Bing and connotation in medical books before Qing dynasty. By searching the character Bing as a keyword in the Encyclopedia of Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine (TCM), 6480 articles were retrieved. Through reading each of the articles, 9 congenital con-stitution terms were concluded. The results showed that Sui dynasty recorded the earliest congenital constitution term. And till the end of Ming dynasty, altogether 9 terms, which were Bing Qi, Bing Zhi, Bing Shou, Bing Fu, Suo Bing, Fu Bing, Qi Bing, Bing Ti and Su Bing, appeared in sequence. The terms appeared with high frequency were Bing Shou ( 33 . 27%) and Bing Fu ( 32 . 99%) . There were 5 congenital constitution relat-ed factors altogether , which were physique , parental heredity , life span , qi and blood as well as region , ap-peared in sequence . And the term appeared with high frequency was physique ( 32.11%) . It was concluded that before Qing dynasty, all congenital constitution terms occurred with the character of Bing (endowment). The usage of different terms to state congenital constitution was intended to describe different associated factors . It reflected the understanding of congenital constitution process. The first known congenital constitution factor was not parental heredity but physique . Qi and blood was the second most appeared factor . This indicated that con-genital constitution does not only involve the structure of the body ( physique ) , but also the function of the body (qi and blood). The investigation about congenital constitution of ancient TCM brings a positive practical signifi-cance for the modern health cognition and health maintenance .
