Study on the concept of tendency of disease in traditional Chinese medicine
It is clarified that disease trend is a specific concept of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).However,ancient and modem doctors do not have consistent understanding and use of it.Therefore,the article is based on ancient and modern works,textbook consensus,integrating the past and the present,and distinguishing differences.On the one hand,it examines the glyphs,meanings,etymology of disease and trend from the philological level,and on the other hand,it refers to the definition principles of TCM terms,it is clarified that disease trend refers to the trend of disease,including the development trend of disease(such as'the disease situation is good and reverse')and the movement trend shown by the struggle between evil and positive(such as'the middle qi sinks').
Tendency of diseaseConcept of traditional Chinese medicineConnotationMeaning of charactersPhilologyTerminology specification