A Review of Studying on the Five Elements Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on Metaphorical Cognition
10.11842/wst.2017.09.016
- VernacularTitle:基于隐喻认知的中医五行学说研究述评
- Author:
Cuilan MA
1
;
Chunhua JIA
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学中医学院 北京100029
- Keywords:
Five elements theory;
metaphor;
cognition;
empirical research;
event-related potential;
behavioral experiment
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2017;19(9):1502-1506
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Five elements theory is a constructive metaphorical system.Now,from the perspective of metaphor,studying on the five elements theory mainly focuses on the metaphorical cognitive thinking,metaphor cognitive type,metaphor cognitive system and so on,which has obtained certain research results.After systematically combing and analyzing the above contents,this paper points out the existing problems,and puts forward some suggestions on this basis:in the context of metaphorical cognition,we should focus on the study of the five elements theory from the standpoint of TCM,cognitive linguistics,cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience,especially the empirical study of relevant theories.Such as using the behavioral studies,Event-related potential to demonstrate the relationship between the five-tone and five-color,or exploring the new relationship.
