The Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Context of Analogism / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

The research take the argument of yin-yang deficiency and excess between Zhu Danxi and Zhang Jingyue as entry point,from the stand of metaphor to analyze the formation of basis and reason of respective opinion,and discover the metaphorical directive function to acknowledge etiology,disease,treatment,prescription in terms of incubative pathogen,SARS,“Ti hu jie gai”,smooth sailing with water rising,Li-yin Decoction and so on.Draw a conclusion that TCM theory is consist of a bunch of metaphor.A good metaphor not only explain the physiology and pathology of human body,but also the origin of establishing therapeutic principle and creating prescription.The theory of TCM after analogism will be reconstructed with hierarchical structure and coordinate structures.