Category of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory; The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon constructs the basic categories of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory

Author: Ren Xiuling
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: What is the essence and of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory? How did the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon use logic and methods to organize and elevate the long-standing medical experience of the Chinese nation into Traditional Chinese Medicine theory during the pre-Qin to Qin-Han period? This book employs a unified approach of logic and history to break down the external form of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, revealing its essence, characteristics, and in the form of categories. It organizes the theory by identifying the concepts and categories that construct its theoretical system, explores the formation, precise meanings, and roles of these categories within the theory, examines the theoretical propositions derived from categories, the methods infused, and the empirical facts that form the network. Furthermore, it discusses the order and relationships of these categories and how to promote the movement and transformation of these concepts and categories to keep Traditional Chinese Medicine theory in step with the times. This is the first systematic study of the categories and system of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory since the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon was published.