Corresponding system of traditional Chinese

medicine and life sciences paradigm

Author: damiel te

Source: China's scientific and technological information research institute

Half a century ago, German researchers had full for scientific research promote Germany bo foundation grants, started a for China science and the history of traditional Chinese medicine, epistemology and methodology and terminology of research. He further research, including the yellow emperor, a number of Chinese medical books, to the traditional Chinese medicine terminology and concepts of the relationship between induction, established a set of terms used to regulate the west to explain the theoretical system of TCM.

Full bo think: true blurs scientific expression must establish in the positive observation, on the basis of positive experience. To make scientific statement has ChanYiXing, accuracy, it must follow the "agreed standards". "Agreed standards" means all scientific workers default or definite agreement (agreement or convention). Quantitative expression must be in units of measurement standard as the foundation, and agreed statement also depends on the qualitative evaluation yuan value "of the" agreed standards.

We are familiar with the metric is a kind of units of measurement standards, it with m agreed, kg, seconds as the foundation, quantitative measurement of the system is science. Now the metric system has evolved into the international system of units. And in traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese science, a existed for thousands of years of evaluation of the values of the yuan, full blurs agreed standard bo named it "corresponding system", it is a Yin and Yang, five behavior basis, is a qualitative scientific evaluation system. Here in the corresponding system of $value function is equivalent to the unit in the measurement system in the role of the same. We compare the two systems of the main structure and action.

Quantity and nature

Quantity: things can be quantitative measurement is the attribute.

Properties: things can be is qualitative evaluation of properties.

Unit and yuan values

Units: is used to measure (or more) the same amount of a specific amount (or against), each particular than should have names, unit and symbols. Measurement unit mainly includes basic unit and export unit.

Yuan value: is used to evaluate (or more) similar in nature (direction, trend or properties) a specific properties, each particular properties name, yuan value, of course, can also be for its provisions symbols, such as can use symbol "" said Yang, symbol "" said Yin. Yuan values including basic yuan value and derivative yuan values. Yuan value in the role of the qualitative description as unit in quantitative description of the same.

The basic unit and basic yuan values

The basic unit: in a working unit system in the basic amount of unit is called basic unit. It is constitutes the si unit of the foundation of the other units. And the basic amount is to determine when a system of selected independent of each other the quantity. The international system of units of the basic amount is length, quality, time and so on, its corresponding basic unit is rice, kg, seconds, etc.

Basic yuan value: in the system the basic characteristics of corresponding form attributes. Traditional Chinese medicine, including all the basic Chinese science share value five lines of Yin and Yang is RMB, Yin and Yang polarization and combine, express it in the form of basic properties is the direction; Five line with wood, fire, earth, metal and water statement five evolutionary stages of evolution, the fundamental nature of its corresponding is circular. Wood, fire, earth, metal and water although in literally see represent five elements, but in them as a standard, its original contract after the concept has been abstraction.

Export units and derivative yuan values

Export units: the selected basic units, according to the physical quantities after, the relationship between the basic unit by XiangChu multiplication, the form of the unit is called export unit. For example: the international system of units, the density of the unit "kg per cubic meter of".

Derivative yuan value: in the selected basic yuan value, according to property after, the relationship between the basic value to yuan by analogy, correspondence, again cent, combined, interweave and other forms of the generation of yuan value is called derivative yuan values. For example, in traditional Chinese medicine corresponding system, said the yuan value direction or nature "yin-yang" through the corresponding relations between "false or true"; Yuan value "Yin" can be further categorized into the "Yin Yin" in the and so on.

Scientific language is made from natural language, weights and measures language and professional term structure, and the corresponding system of traditional Chinese medicine and the international working unit system is the language of the weights. In the international system of units, units of measurement, the scientific standard quantitative expression (including by digital and unit constitute of data, such as: 9.8 m/s2) to ensure the accuracy of the become possible; Also in traditional Chinese medicine, yuan value corresponding system of standardization, make qualitative science express (including the yuan values and induction relationship constitutes of data, such as: form and god the accuracy of all possible.

The international system of units is through the countries signed the convention, in the form of international of the formation of a standard system. Traditional Chinese medicine is corresponding system perfect embodied in the traditional Chinese medicine in the earliest classic, two thousand DuoNian come and get practitioners consistent compliance, become a kind of in fact standards. So, the accuracy of the expression of traditional Chinese medicine, in a system level was assured.

In practice, this scientific language is used to describe the scientific community of the universe various phenomena. And in this, and in order to make clear,'s ChanYi terms as the foundation, organized by the established rules of corresponding system, the traditional Chinese medicine meets the precise scientific premise, become a doctor accurate observation, diagnosis, treatment and expression of the special tools.

In 1969, full of paper with professor at knock-out form summed up his scientific research. He rectified the past westerners for China science, especially the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine's basic concept of the erroneous understanding, proved the accuracy of traditional Chinese medicine expression. Full standing in DuoYuan blurs bo cultural point of view on the theory of TCM and the interpretation, and the Chinese medicine classic discussion is also compatible. Reference he study achievement, and help to express and standardization of TCM term, internationalization.

Full bo think, TCM is considered the most complete so far, coherent, and most the most can be understood Chinese scientific representative form of expression. So, it with rich and ready-made material that China science, for all life science express ChanYiXing established provides the most useful paradigm.