Inner Canon of Huangdi establishing fundamental theoretical category of TCM:yin-yang
- VernacularTitle:《黄帝内经》建构中医药理论的基本范畴——阴阳
- Author:
Xiuling REN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Inner Canon of Huangdi;
Category;
Yin-yang;
Law of the unity of opposites;
Dialectical logic
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Yin-yang in ancient Chinese philosophy originally meant two kinds of qi,yin was cold and yang was warm.Its extended meaning originated from Yizhuan was two aspects opposite to each other during the whole world.In Inner Canon of Huangdi, the category of yin-yang was more than generalization of the law of the unity of opposites in nature,the basic principles of yin-yang were further revealed,which was the major content of the yin-yang theory of TCM.Thinking pattern of physicians through the ages had been effected by the yin-yang theory for more than two thousand years,which made TCM theory has a dialectical thinking mode.Therefore,a theoretical system of medicine with the property of dialectical logic was set up.
