TCM:a theory and method grasping indeterminateness
- VernacularTitle:中医学是把握不确定性的理论与方法
- Author:
Xiuling REN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
TCM;
Determinacy;
Indeterminateness;
Relative determinacy;
Theory;
Method;
Mode reasoning;
Reliability ofresults
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Determinacy is the aim that human search during the course ofrecognition.But with the development ofscience, human discover that indeterminacy is the essence ofthe world.The contingency and randomness ofbiomutation indicate that there are many indeterminacy during the course oflife movement and changes ofdiseases.In ancient, the Chinese people grasped the movement and change rules ofobjective objects by mode reasoning under the condition ofindeterminacy and diversity.They applied the mode reasoning into TCM to study the multivariate life state ofhuman body, and to grasp the movement and change rules oflife and diseases.
