Summary of theoretical system of diagnostic method in Inner Canon of Huangdi / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Diagnostic methods play important role in theoretical system of Inner Canon of Huangdi.There are 74 articles about diagnostic methods,which contains near 50 kinds of TCM diagnostic methods referred to pulse diagnosis,colour inspection and so on.This paper analyze the connotation and extension of the term "diagnostic method",establish a theoretical framework of dynamic whole concept,bi-directional discrimination,characteristics of triple pathogens and four kinds of methods.The diagnostic model of"shape-spirit-transporting qi"and the modern language"nature-biology-psychology-society" four-dimensional diagnostic method are constructed.