Contents
目 录
Chapter 1 ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE
MEDICINE ................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY............................................................................................................................1
1.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TCM ..........................................................................................................................................3
1.3 TOP 10 FAMOUS CHINESE DOCTORS IN HISTORY ..............................................................................................5
PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF TCM.....................................................................................................16
Chapter 2
2.1 CONCEPT OF OVERALL BALANCE........................................................................................................................16
2.2 YIN-YANG AND QI-XUE ............................................................................................................................................19
2.3 FIVE ELEMENTS THEORY ..........................................................................................................................................28
2.4 CAUSES OF DISEASES: THE SIX EXTERNAL AGENTS AND SEVEN INTERNAL EMOTIONS...................32
DIAGNOSIS OF TCM..........................................................................................................................................38
Chapter 3
3.1 FOUR PILLARS OF TCM DIAGNOSIS......................................................................................................................38
3.2 INSPECTION (OBSERVATION) ................................................................................................................................44
3.3 LISTENING AND SMELL ............................................................................................................................................49
3.4 TAKE A HISTORY .........................................................................................................................................................55
3.5 TAKE THE PULSE .........................................................................................................................................................60
EIGHT PRINCIPLES...........................................................................................................................................65
Chapter 4
4.1 YIN AND YANG SYNDROME ...................................................................................................................................66
4.2 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SYNDROME.................................................................................................................70
4.3 COLD AND HEAT SYNDROME ................................................................................................................................73
4.4 DEFICIENCY AND EXCESS SYNDROME.................................................................................................................78
CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE......................................................................................................................85
Chapter 5
5.1 WARMING HERB .........................................................................................................................................................85
5.2 COOLING HERB ...........................................................................................................................................................95
TCM AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY...................................................................................................................108
Chapter 6
6.1 TECHNIQUES OF SYSTEMS BIOLOGY...................................................................................................................108
6.2 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY IN THE RESEARCH OF TCM COMPONENTS.................................................................112
6.3 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES OF TCM..........................................................................................................................................................................114
6.4 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY IN THE IDENTIFICATION, CULTIVATION, AND GENETIC BREEDING OF CHINESE MEDICINAL MATERIALS......................................................................................................................118
6.5 "SYNDROMES" AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY ............................................................................................................120
6.6 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK ..............................................................................................................................123
6.7 TCM AND BIG DATA ................................................................................................................................................123
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is the quintessence of the Chinese culture heritage, has a long history of 5000 years as that of the Chinese nation and has made an everlasting contribution to the Chinese nation’s survival and producing offspring and prosperity. Chinese government encourages and supports investigation of scientific principles underlining the diagnostic and therapeutic of TCM, which will promote the internationalization and standardization of TCM. Guangdong Province is the unique region in China, where more than 50% patients will reach TCM doctors first whenever they have ailments. TCM research is the central focus of the institute and our goal is to attract students from various background to conduct TCM related research.
We decide to design a course—Introduction to Tradition Chinese Medicine, to give an overview about TCM for students without any TCM or even biology background. We cannot find an appropriate textbook for this class since instructors seldom teach TCM in English. Thus, we compile this manuscript with several professors and students together with the goal of generating a textbook for future
students enrolled into this class. With the limited time and knowledge, this book definitely needs many improvements in the future. We will continuously update and rearrange the material and introduce new concepts and technologies, such Virtual Reality and artificial intelligence in the next edition.
We would like to open the door and discuss with anyone who are also interested in TCM education.
We appreciate if you can share your comments with us.
