What does the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon tell us? A study on the origin of ecological medical thought and its modern significance

Author: Tao Gongding
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Publish Date: 2004-10-10
Features: The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is rich in ecological medical thought, which can be interpreted as a complete and simple ecological medical system. Based on its rich ecological medical thought, combined with the achievements and exposed problems of modern medicine and the progress of the entire scientific field, a brand new medical model—the Great Ecological Medical Model—can be constructed. The article elaborates on the advanced nature, rationality of the Great Ecological Medical Model, and its guiding role for the future development of medicine. In the comparative study of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the strengths and limitations of each are recognized; the necessity and possibility of their complementarity under the Great Ecological Medical Model are explored, as well as the future and fate of traditional Chinese medicine theory.