Time indicates essentially the integrative motion and changes of things. The holistic concept and the concept of perpetual motion are the important characteristics of TCM, so time plays a very important role in the theoretical system of TCM. The paper, based on literature, analysed the ancients' cognition on time, explained the relation between time and integrative motion and changes, and discussed the cause of TCM time-attention.
time, Chinese medical sciencesholistic conceptconcept of perpetual motion