Discussion of the "Huangdi Neijing" Health Medicine

• Main Authors: TSAI,CHIEN-HSIN, 蔡建鑫
• Other Authors: Chen,Teh-Chao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nkpm47

博士 === 銘傳大學 === 應用中國文學系 === 104 === "Huangdi Neijing" is a book considered the paradigm of traditional Chinese medicine theories. It synthesizes the medical experiences, knowledge and technology that derived from the early Qin dynasty to the Han dynasty. With philosophy as its theoretical guidance, the book contains viscera and meridian and chi theories. Furthermore, the book describes various principles of life, physiology, pathology, etiology, pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation, therapy, treatment, preventive treatment, and thereby contributes to the formation of a medical model based on an overall concept. This thesis discusses the origin and development of "Huangdi Neijing" from the perspectives of it medical history. The thesis also discusses the cultural origin and philosophical thinking of "Huangdi Neijing" from the angle of its academic history. While attempting to trace the outlines of the medical evolution with a combination of the viewpoints from the ancient Chinese philosophy and the world outlook and methodology alike, the study summarizes the essence of the book in that its philosophical thought is basically an overall and macro thinking, a systematic thinking, a functional and regulatory thinking, a dynamic movement and balance thinking, Chi-yuan standard and time phase thinking, and a practice and experience and intuitive thinking. The methodology of the book summarized in the thesis is analogism, division within the outer hides, seeking inner realization, and differentiation and regulation. "Huangdi Neijing" has made full use of philosophy and has explained the phenomenon of human physiology and pathological changes. The thesis has also included a comprehensive discussion of the core essence of "Huangdi Neijing" in the context of its ancient philosophy regarding "Yin and yang theory", "Five element theory," "Chi theory", and "Heaven theory". The complementary relationship between the Chinese and the Western medicine as well as their associated clinical relationships are also studied. In addition, discussions include the "Health status theory "," Physical comstituation theory "," Theory of preventive treatment "," Theory of health preservation of "Huangdi Neijing", and some other relevant health medicine and health preservation thinkings, etc. All in all, the principles of health preservation described in "Huangdi Neijing" can be summed up as "Harmony with nature, oneness in nature and humanity ", "Reinforcing the Yin and Yang, tranquil nothingness", "Reconciling the Tao methodology and numerology , nourish the physical and spirit ", "Core life support, integrated recuperating ","Keeping positive energy and avoiding negative energy, and getting treated before the formation of diseases". The health preservation methods in "Huangdi Neijing" can be summed up as "Daily life following Tao, getting nourished by the implication of soul", "Quiet optimism, and keeping harmonic mood", "Keeping harmonic tastes, eating in moderation", "Appropriate work and rest, harmonic balance between physically soft and rigid ", "Discriminating physical constituation, protecting Jing and Qi and Shen". Last but not least, judging from "Health status theory "," Physical comstituation theory ", and " Theory of preventiveness ", we found that health conditions stated in "Huangdi Neijing" have different levels , and there are many positive aspects such as "depositing righteousness " as in contrast with the negative aspects of " avoiding the evil". Moreover, "Theory of health preservation" is quite compatible with the modern health medicine thought. The findings can provide good references for the "Three sections and five levels theory of preventive medicine".