Discussion on TCM essence / 中华中医药杂志

This article explores the TCM essence by extensive comparative study of eastern-western philosophy,science and technology history,medical science and so on,making deep-going comparative study on systems of TCM and western medicine by ontology and methodology.It shows that observation and classifi cation plays an important role in western medicine,and western medicine is an experience science that emphasizes on life regularity from the aspect of texture-function of human body.But in TCM,it is observation and mode reasoning plays an important role,and TCM is a theoretic science emphasizing on phenomenon-state of human body.