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Philosophy Resrarch On True Meaning Of The Heart On 《Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor》

Posted on:2011-09-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2154330332968491Subject:Basic Theory of TCM
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Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor is the earliest traditional chinese medicine literatures in exist and be considered as the"mother of medicine philosophy"[1].The philosophy view it content has view of monarch, holistic view and view of Yin–Yang which reflect the both. The three philosophy view comes to be the guiding ideology of studying Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor. This thesis study on the heart meaning among old and modern chinese and the meaning in Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor. We found that the result which the ancients recognize the meaning of heart is come from the philosophy view we talked about.The first part of this essay combed the old and modern meaning of heart. And found modern Chinese do not divorced from the old meaning, except added few meaning just as"surname""palpus".The explanation in Modern Chinese comes from several subjects conclusion. It pays attention to the phenomenon of the expression and lack of explanation in the nature. This result in the blur and cross of the meaning .There are big differences among dictionaries. This thesis reclassify the meaning of hear, and sums the meaning to eight kinds. Such as①: material noun, as heart is organ, chest, the representative of brain, the name of stars.②:buddhism.and philosophy noun, as spirits phenomena and one's minds③:inner thoughts, as designs.④:moral behavior.⑤:motions as cares and worried.⑥:characters as temperament and nature;⑦:the function of heart, as the thoughtfulness and will;⑧:extend meanings as center and the core. In the follow we classify these meanings into nine kinds: Heart is the lord of one's body, mind resides in heart, and heart is the domination of statements and actions. Heart's implication also contains humanistic meaning, such as temperament, morality, understanding, memory, inherent quality, appetite and sensitivity.In the second part, we study the philosophical implications of heart with physiological angle in the Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor .We found that the meaning of heart includes heart is the lord of one's body, human nature view, the meaning of core and center. They are both belonging to the lord meaning of heart. Heart is corresponding with nature, with body himself, these meanings is the implications of heart in the holistic view .Herat's attribute is take as Yang, which it's view point comes from the view of Yin-Yang. To conclude, Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor recognize heart meaning is based on the philosophy view we talked about. And, anatomy do not contribute too much in the heart theoretical system format.The third part of this essay analyses heart pathological implications in Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor. It also shows the theory comes from philosophy view. In the view of monarch, the meaning of Heart includes: Heart stores the spirit and emotion is closely related, the abnormal situation of any party have led to the possibility of other abnormalities, and this relationship must have occurred under certain conditions. Heart controls blood circulation, blood nutritional spirit. Blood flow in the whole body, and will be a concentrated reflection of the information to the 12 meridians, and become the heart's material basis of personal monarch. The holistic view considers that the meaning of Heart includes: Heart disease is linked with the Wu Zang, heart disease has contact with body orifices, color, taste. Meanwhile, the"Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor"also have overall view characteristics in diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. In the view of Yin-Yang the meaning of heart includes: Heart belongs to Yang and the physiological function of heart have close contact with disease characteristics. Heart is considered as yang within yang makes heart has sensitivity to the cause of cold and heat, and the impassioned cause. The prognosis of heart disease is also associated with yin and yang properties.The studies above show that view of monarch, holistic view and view of Yin–Yang are the basic methods.These conclusions constitute together the complete knowledge of heart. The heart is a function body which includes the meaning of spirit and human nature view. It manages the various function of our body. It contains the brain function and part of the nervous system functions, however, it do not push the blood running.
Keywords/Search Tags:Heart, Meaning, Philosophy, Internal Medicine Of Yellow Emperor
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