TraditionalChineseMedicine幻灯片.pptxVIP

Traditional Chinese Medicine;What is Traditional Chinese Medicine;Profile;TCMs view of the body put little emphasis on anatomical structures, but is mainly concerned with the identification of functional entities. While health is perceived as harmonious interaction of these entities and the outside world, disease is interpreted as a disharmony in interaction. TCM diagnosis consists in tracing symptoms to an underlying disharmony pattern, mainly by palpating the pulse and inspecting the tongue.;History of TCM Theory;Xia: alcohol was produced and used to treat diseases Shang: medical herb decoctions were being produced Western Zhou: Practitioners appeared, dealing with nutriology, medicine, surgery, veterinary medicine Spring and Autumn: the excess of any of the six climatic conditions( cloudy, sunny, windy, rainy, dark and bright) was the cause of disease. Warring States: health-preserving science , The Inner Canon of Huangdi ;Qin and Han: Shen Nong s Materia Medica, Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases ,华佗 Wei and Jin: compiled and edited 《伤》， Pulse Classic Sui : Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases《诸病源候论》巢元方 Tang: proposed the doctrine of the motion of the Five Phases and Six Natural Factors Song: combined the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches with it. From this, the principles and methods of therapy could be worked out. ;Philosophical background;All phenomena of the universe and nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities represented by wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Strict rules are identified to apply to the relationships between the Five Phases in terms of sequence, of acting on each other, of counteraction etc. All these aspects of Five Phases theory constitute the basis of the Zangfu concept, and thus have great influence regarding the TCM model of the body. Five Phase theory is also applied in diagnosis andtherapy.;;Yin vacuity (also termed vacuity-heat): heat sensations, possible night sweats, insomnia,