The image thinking the conclusion of the unknown should be more scientific, objective understanding of the strongest. But the premise is to require "image" is scientific and objective. And in the theory of the use of certain "image", such as five line, the GanZhi, such as painting, more component to natural law is the symbol of the or simulation, subject to its scientific evaluation have been arguing about

"Like thinking" work and (two)

HeJuan Beijing university of Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        "Like thinking"-- and take the limitations and insufficient like thinking

        "Like thinking" way of thinking as a "classic" the main body of the use of the method of epistemology, rich in medical theory, to construct the medical system and guiding clinical thinking, rich medicinal theory etc, played a big role, and has formed the distinctive academic characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), that is, pay attention to integral, contact, emphasize on function etc, the formation of the system of science of traditional Chinese medicine has made great contribution. But at the same time, this way of thinking also has some limitations and inadequate, and led to the "classic" theory system also has some room for improvement.

        1. "like thinking" hard to the formation of a comprehensive and systematic understanding things

        Take than class and logic thinking as method of similar analogy method, the analogy between the identity from object known, similarity, between the identity of unknown to the object, similarity process of reasoning. If the analogy between the objective basis only object of identity and similarity, then we know, any two objects can have the same in all aspects, object except there is difference between the identity. Due to the difference, don't ignore gay, led to take like than class way of thinking in understanding the unknown things there is a certain thick Jane, general and one-sided, lack of enough comprehensive, fine and accurate, with the theory is also cannot assure enough comprehensive and system. Such as the theory of traditional Chinese medicine medicinal properties of summary, have "skin for skin with, the son can be bright eye" say, but pear skin, bone skin, cassia bark, no treatment for skin diseases with, SuZi, semen raphani, white mustard nor bright eye effect, etc.

        2. "like thinking" not fully demonstrates things "class" homogeneity

        Take than class and logic thinking like in the method of analogy method is similar, but are not the same, analogy method, use is the premise of nature, the species of the same things, therefore, sure things "class" between the phase gay in the application of analogy method is extremely important. For as in use than class method and not fully reflect the characteristics of the analogy.

        First of all, on the definition of the same sex, that things attribute differences existing knowledge, such as whether the heaven and earth and can be regarded as the same attributes kind? People and animals and plants, whether of the same character can be used as a thing to author? This understanding of the differences, and also led to take such thinking whether it can be like than in these things the use of the different between the conclusion.

        Secondly, the phenomenon of the author to phenomena often lost in the way things simple analogy between and symbols, and not fully consider whether between things are homogeneous, leading to some conclusion far-fetched even the absurd, such as "the evil spirit hub · guest" about the world and the corresponding link between human body image, appeared "to a mountain, people have a shoulder knees have deep canyons, people; a popliteal axillary; by the water, there are twelve people have twelve meridians; has the pulse, the person is health spring breath; has the grass Mi, people have HaoMao; day, people have lie on day and night; day have listed, people have teeth; star to have the hills, people have a bar; has the rocks, people have high bone; has the trees, people have raised muscle," and so on the content of the large contrived.

        3. Some "image" as the essential rule positioning is difficult to come to an agreement

        "Image", or from the phenomenon of things like the comprehensive, the summary, the smoke out of the things there are signs or attribute, should be within the laws of nature, and things summarized and concluded, therefore, after image thinking the conclusion of the reasoning of the unknown should be scientific, objective understanding of the strongest. But this was a conclusion of the most key link is required "image" is scientific and objective. And in the theory of use of the certain "image", such as five line, the GanZhi, such as painting, more component to natural law is the symbol of the or simulation, the scientific evaluation, there has been a divide in academia. Bacon said "rational is greedy," think inherent in a summarized desire, in not yet fully before the material to want to put forward the ultimate for all to explain. As the early Chinese of ancient natural philosophy content, we must admit, five line, the GanZhi painting, it is difficult to concepts, such as the representative the inherent law of the most essential things to the conclusion of the deduction for human physiological pathology of whether scientific law also has some degree of uncertainty, such as the three Yin Yang model of six-channel three suggests the concept and syndrome differentiation, with the attributes of the five elements of the human body out of the five analogy function and pathological characteristic, five line born g summed up in pathology between set of interaction with the change rule, etc.

        At the same time, "like thinking" way of thinking is an important application of Yin and Yang, five elements constructing medical system, establish the system of but is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, a lot of fragments of practical experience to be integrated information for a relatively perfect theory system. Scattered medicine knowledge sublimate is a clear academic context with the subject, make heritage and development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a solid support structure. As you can imagine, if not Yin and Yang five line of thought into, those scattered medical experience and knowledge, and in the long historical process and the strong impact of modern medicine, and the rest of the world may be ancient medicine, such as the ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, India medical fate, to decline and demise, we could even say, no Yin and Yang five line, there would be no Chinese medicine.

        But at the same time, to establish the system of traditional Chinese medicine also become bound to the development of watercolour, five line in the standard, the human life structure and function is mechanical and simplistic into five system, and limited of the five elements, relationship between birth and complex reading the physiology and pathology of contact, make not only to the understanding of the human body of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) life lost in thick Jane and fuzzy, make use of many traditional Chinese medicine lost method of analysis and research into the possible, and to make traditional Chinese medicine into a hard break and innovation of the dilemma. As Russell said: "to be engaged in new and fun, that is found in the new system of rivals." LvNaiJi also said: "the ancient Greek natural philosophy of epistemology in a characteristic is comprehensive, or more specifically, the original comprehensive, according to the facts, all-embracing system building. To explain everything to the celestial, small to fly bolts from the sports; smoke rising to the ground. The Chinese stone, a set of Yin and Yang is by five lines in all things free kick before." "Classic" theory system after the establishment of traditional Chinese medicine in the two thousand-year history of the development of has been witnessed, and this is an integral part of the relationship.