Inner Canon of Huangdi establishing fundamental theoretical category of TCM:consciousness / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

The basic concept and category of"consciousness"from Inner Canon of Huangdi put forward to understanding the life motion and laws through analysis and inference in order to construct TCM theoretical system,which proposed the question of theory thoughts.There are two explanations about consciousness1.Theory thoughts in method of experience and cognition,which means during the activity of observing and recognizing,organizing perceptual cognition with theoretical knowledge of ying-yang,five phases and so on to achieve purpose of identification;2.Explaining experiential facts with certain theories and creating some theoretical hypothesis,in order to achieve the purpose of rising experiential knowledge to theoretical knowledge.