The Book of Changes is said to have been written by Fuxi, King Wen and Confucius. It was written in the pre-Qin cultural axis era. The Book of Changes is the theoretical source of natural philosophy and humanistic practice in China's traditional ideology and culture. It is the crystallization of China's ancient thoughts and wisdom, and is known as the source of Tao and the first of all classics. For thousands of years, it has had a far-reaching impact on China's politics, economy, culture and other fields, and it still has positive guiding significance for people's thoughts and behaviors today.
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"Not easy" does not mean that everything is static, but that although everything in the world is constantly developing and changing, it looks very complicated, but the fundamental law of its change is unchanged. This fundamental law is the hidden order of all things, which is the "Tao" in Laozi: "Tao can be Tao, but Tao is extraordinary." To inherit Chinese medicine, we must first inherit the way of Chinese medicine.
The "Tao" of TCM originates from Huangdi Neijing, that is, the holistic view, constant view and balanced view of "Tao and nature" and "the unity of man and nature". It comes from China's ancient philosophy, which unifies "heaven, earth and man" for analysis and understanding, and carries out medical activities in the mode of macro-thinking.
Holism is an understanding of the integrity of the human body and the unity between man and nature and social environment, which requires people to pay attention to the integrity of the human body and the unity between man and nature and social environment when observing, understanding, analyzing and dealing with problems related to life, health and disease. Among them, the integrity of the human body itself includes the concept of five zang-organs integration, the concept of unity of form and spirit, and so on. Well-known treatment methods, such as grasping the inside from the outside, knowing the inside from the outside, inducing yang from yin, inducing yin from yang, treating the left with right, and treating the right with left, fully embody the idea of holistic view. On the other hand, holism holds that man and the natural environment are unified. It is reflected in the influence of four seasons, day and night, regional environment and social factors on human physiological and pathological changes. For example, there is a cloud in Su Wen's "On Jing Mai" that "four changes move, and the pulse goes up and down with it". There is a saying in the Biography of Master Lingshu that "the prince is the king of blood and food, and he is arrogant and indulgent." These descriptions reflect the relationship between pulse condition and seasonal environment, physique and social environment; The same is true for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases by using the theory of five movements and six qi, meridians and fluid injection.
Some people think that Chinese medicine has two basic characteristics, one is holistic view, and the other is syndrome differentiation and treatment, but in fact, syndrome differentiation and treatment is only the concrete embodiment of holistic view in the treatment principles of Chinese medicine. Cybernetics, system theory and information theory are all modern theories' interpretations of the holistic view of TCM.
The concept of perpetual motion machine means that when analyzing and studying medical problems such as life, health and disease, we should hold a moving, changing and developing view, rather than sticking to a fixed, static and rigid view. This requires us not only to pay attention to the current pathological state of patients, but also to the possible dynamic development of diseases, so as to prevent them before they get sick, change them before they get sick, and recover after they get sick. Finally, the balance between Yin and Yang Can can be achieved through various treatments, so as to strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil spirits, thus maintaining human health. This is the concept of balance in TCM.