Relationship between image and analogy and cultivation of'understanding'of Chinese medicine
The study and application of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)emphasizes'understanding'thinking,and'doctors need subjective perception'is an idiom of TCM which is widely accepted and applied.But why does Chinese medicine focus on'understanding'?As than'image and analogy'is the result of the Zhouyi,deeply influenced the development of TCM theory and clinical thinking mode,with its'image and analogy'thinking character,heuristic thinking characteristics,similarity thinking and interrelated experiential thinking features,on the basis of experience affects the TCM holism and treatment based on syndrome differentiation characteristics of formation and the understanding.It is the basis of the'understanding'thinking of'doctors need subjective perception',and this thinking mode provides two ways to strengthen the accumulation of knowledge and clinical experience for the cultivation of understanding of TCM,and guides the study and research of TCM.It is helpful to reverse the westernization of TCM thinking from the perspective of thinking mode and promote the sublimation and inheritance of TCM.
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