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1、INTRODUCTIONTOCHINESEMEDICINE1RevisedIntroductiontoEditionChineseMedicineChineseMedicineCampChangGungUniversity2005NigelWiseman,PhDChangGungUniversitySchoolofTraditionalChineseMedicineINTRODUCTIONTOCHINESEMEDICINE1fromoutsideorbythebreakdownoffunctionswithinthebody.D
2、iagnosisalsofollowsasimilarbasicapproach,1.Aimsdeterminingthenatureoftheillnessfromobservablein-dicatorsofpathologicalchange.ThesesimilaritiesexistThisbriefntroductionaimstogiveyouageneralideaofbecausephysicianshavetriedtoexplainhealthandsick-thescopeandcontentofChin
3、esemedicine.Itdescribesnessintermsofobservablephenomena.ThisapproachthebasicfeaturesofChinesemedicine,drawingattentionholdsthatphenomenahavenaturalcausesandthatfunc-tohowtheydevelopedinhistory,aswellastohowandtionshavephysicalsubstrata.whytheydifferfromthemodernbiome
4、dicalunderstand-ing.Inthisway,wehopetoovercomesomeofthediffi-cultiesWesterners—andevenmodernChinese—oftenhavewhenstudyingChinesemedicine.Contents1.Aims2.TheBasicFeaturesofChineseMedicine3.Qì:BasicElementandDrivingForce4.Yīn-YángandtheFivePhases:SystemsofCorre-sponden
5、ce5.Essence,qì,Blood,&Fluids:BasisSubstances6.BowelsandViscera:TheChiefInternalOrgans7.ChannelsandNetworkVessels:ThePathwaysofQì8.TheCausesandProcessesofDisease9.TheFourExaminations10.IdentifyingDiseases11.IdentifyingPatterns12.PreventingandTreatingDiseaseFig.1.Thebo
6、ttlegourd,aChinesesymbolof2.BasicFeaturesmedicineExplainingthingsbynaturallaws:IntheearliestDifferences:Despitethesesimilarities,theChinesetimes,theChinese,asmosthumancommunities,oftendescriptionofhumanphysiologicalandpathologicalattributedmajorillnesstoevilspiritsor
7、angryancestors.processesdiffersmarkedlyfromthatofbiomedicine.ItAsChinesemedicinebegantotakeshape,thenotionholds,forexample,thatthespleenistheorganchieflygrewthatthebodywascomposedofdifferentorgans,responsibleforextractingnutrientsfromfood,whereasthateachorganperforme
8、ddifferentfunctionstoensureWesternmedicineconsidersittobepartofthelymphourhealth,andthatdiseasewasabreakdownofthesesystem.Chineseme
