On Standard Nomenclature of Basic Chinese Medical Terms (Ⅱ)

• 作 者: 谢竹藩
• 机 构: Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,The First Clinical Medical College
• 出 处: 中国中西医结合杂志(英文版)
• 发表日期: 2002年3期
• 关键词: ancient Chinese used in

PHILOSOPHICAL TERMSrnTCM was developed in the light of ancient Chinese natural philosophy, and so a number of philosophical terms are used in medicine. They can be classified into three categories: theory of (essential) qi, theory of yin-yang, and theory of the five elements.