On relationship between harmonizing mo-cou and traditional therapeutic principle,the eight therapeutic methods / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Harmonizing mo-cou is proposed on basis of an understanding of mo-cou physiological and pathological knowledge. It belongs to the therapeatic principle category of TCM therapy. The mo-cou widely exists in the body. From the perspective of the internal and external,it belongs the intermediate zone,is kind of tissue that exists between the external of human body and the zang-fu. Harmony of mo-cou is a healthy physiological state,the disharmony of mo-cou is the common pathological link in many diseases. Clinically,harmonizing mo-cou is the essential stages of treatment for many illnesses. As a therapeutic principle,it can guide the choice of the therapeutic methods. The mo is an extensin of the tendon,dominated by the liver,so the basic requirement of regulating liver-qi is to harmonize mo-cou.