Internal Method As Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory Form A Dominant Methodological Analysis

The background and the proposition of research:TCM has been doubted since modern time about its rationality and clinical therapy effects under the modern scientific method and the standard. The academic research circle finally has joined TCM scientific research project, and taking all of the basic theory experimental and trial study as the target,in order to get rid of the difficulty of TCM. But not all agree with that. Some scholars even think, from beginning to end, TCM modernization itself is a paradox. In the recent several years, the one who has been devoted to the project noticed that TCM theory is rational systematically by itself. Comparing the investment and product, the early plan and the final result, the help and the meaning brought to TCM, the developent and future of TCM has drew a wide attention, not only in medical circle, but also in the philosophy and history circle.Foundation of research:The consensus to discuss and even confirm the special and dominating method of TCM formation, which could support TCM theory's property, is formed now. These conditions could be summarized as following:1. Traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy is returning to cultural source:TCM not only has the scholar who has been standing at the source ever since, the scholar who supports and undergoes TCM modern research also have turned back to the original source. The academic circle is on the process of liberating themselves from the suppress of taking materialism as the "most scientific" value standard;2. The objective thinking and the scientific experience theory has filled in logic blank of the opposite to external method which is developed and thought to be scientific and the only credible approach." Two-way layout, correlated detection and mutual paraphrase" have resolved the proble-m of objective confirmation of subjective experience process;3. The meaning of deducting in Daoism as a cognition method is confirmed. Deducting is the process of digesting subjective consciousness to achieve the union of object and subject, in order that breaking the limitation of subjective sensation as approach of learning and knowing the truth.4. The realization and the sensitivity to the homologous have brought the improvement of the capability of inspection and medical invention to the author. Thus the author is confirmed that the internal method is practical, not only for ancient sages and great medicine master, but also common people. The above looks like a accidental phenomenea, in fact they are the result from positive change of academic itself and general social culture environment ferments. The author has been paying attention on TCM methodology for long time, and become more and more confidence that methodology is the right approach and may a new theory appear.Research technique and technical route:Research techniques are analysis, analogy, comparison, synthesis, deduction, tinference, comprehension, experience, and practice. The technical route is starting with the long term literature and the theory accumulation. The author foresees the theory by logical thinking,to verify by intrinsic experience and the external confirmation the cognition. After the speculation, the logical reasoning forms the theory foresight, by the examination and the revisionMain points:The article is a systematical theory research based on a wide literature review. The main points of view are as following.1. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine is established on metaphysical ontology of Qi. Internal method is the classic and dominating method of traditional Chinese medicine theory. It means that internal method had played the most important role in creating the theories of TCM although many other methods did contributed a lot. TCM theory has been strongly doubted for a long time, for internal method is ignored and abolished generally. Then it is thought that TCM has no practical way to develop except scientific modernization. Fortunately the condition is changing, and more and more TCM scholars and Chinese philosophers are realizing that there must be a new state of Chinese thought and methodology in the meaning of the original resource of Chinese itself.2. Internal method is based on the ontology of monism, with the view that subject and object are one unity, and have never been isolated with each other. Internal method is practical and can be experienced efficiently. The mindfulness of holly stillness educated by internal method practice is the ideal final state for TCM practitioners. As it is a specific state for knowing the reality only through seeing and feeling. Internal method is dependent on subjective Qigong state and subjective ability, not on the practicing motion or the whole process.3. The property of the internal method3.1 Internal method is intentionally seeking solution from inside of oneself, body and mind. On the contrary to external methods'seeking from remote things, it seeks in one's body (and mind)", in both meaning of space and time:first step is towards the homonyms of one's body and mind, then the original state of life the fetus, even the noumenon, the ever further state and originator of all things coming from. The practice of internal method is a reversal of time and state to the lifegrowing process.3.2 The key of the mechanism of internal method:achieving a integrity of posture, breathing and mind through stopping minding3.3 Efficiency:Internal method has the efficiency of enhancing spirit, qi and essence by staying on the state of integrity, achieving the universal wisdom, intuitive cognitive ability.4. Internal method belongs to subjective testing scientific scale. Subjective testing scientific scale is on the opposite to experimental science. Its reality and efficiency has been proved by the specific research projects inland and outland.5. Internal method is not a panacea for curing all human physical and mental diseases, or other human problems. As a technique, internal method has its own limitation. It must be done by oneself and could be taken place by the others, so the physical and mental endowments, cognitive ability and the way of practice, all will produce influence on the result. Its learning way of deducting of Daoism prevents it to be a popular Cognitive method. It is the best way to practice internal method in addition to thinking and understanding for learning TCM and Chinese philosophy.TCM and modern scientific medicine need to cooperate in the process of serving human health, not in the form of one taking the place of another. Scientific experiment is not always the proper way of demonstrating TCM. TCM is not the only scale to value scientific experiment discovery either. Both of them should accept the test of clinical practice.Traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese philosophy, modern science, all of them should introspect their own the quality of serving human. In the view of methodology, internal method imply the capability and possibility for human to resolve problem by and from enhancing their mind, and further more changing science and technique and environment. The former represents the tradition, conservation, stability, culture, simplicity and the spirit of human-being, and the latter represents modernization, opening, innovation, reform, science, variation and material. Internal method rely on the Metaphysical view, and propose life on infinity of universe, while maitain a bright future for human-being. Scientific technology protect human-being from being attacked by material disaster at the present and in the predictable future.6. Internal and external methods are not an alternative method but a complementary one. Especially after TCM has been certified to be true and effective generally, it is becoming more important for TCM to develop inte-llectual innovative power from on its methodology source—internal method. Practioners could experience the process and the reality of TCM theory and could see its effect. The only way rediscovers TCM is by experincing the reality of it. Internal methods provide a way and enlightenment for TCM research and development while resolve side-effect from the scientism.Conclusion:The theory of TCM is the crystallization of multiple methods, and internal method plays the dominatin-g role and supports the metaphysical characteristic of TCM. Internal method will always be the most suitable approach of internal awareness and internalization of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Practitioner of TCM needs to improve inspection capability and art by practicing internal method. Internal methods and the external methods works as two the swing for practitioners or the two trucks which supporting and guiding the medical train moving forward. In order to avoid the abandoning internal methods and relying on science as external methods, it is highly expected to arrange more and more chance for TCM followers to meet and practice internal methods. The achievement of internal method implies the doctors'enlightenment, doctor-patient harmony and patient-centered postmodern medical model. The cooperation between internal and external methods is the gospel of patients...