"Spirit"is an important concept in the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.This paper reviews the origin of the concept of"spirit"in traditional Chinese medicine,as well as the emergence process and main viewpoints of the heart leading spirit school,the brain leading spirit school and the heart and brain co-leading spirit school.This paper takes the clinical application of the three schools of thought in Alzheimer's disease,insomnia and depression as an example,compares the three schools of thought,and probes into the crux of their controversy.This paper tries to integrate the theory of the three schools with the concept of"heart system"in order to make the theory of"spirit"guide the clinical diagnosis and treatment better.
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