医学研究与教育 ›› 2016, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 17-23.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-490X.2016.04.004

• 中医药学 • 上一篇    下一篇

从生物医学研究的角度理解中医的阴阳五行

陈颂   

  1. 广州中医药大学热带医学研究所, 广东 广州 510405
  • 收稿日期:2016-06-30 出版日期:2016-08-25 发布日期:2016-08-25
  • 作者简介:陈颂(1977—),男,湖南衡阳人,博士,于1999年、2002年分别获得湖南中医药大学医学学士、中西结合基础专业硕士学位,2011年获北京协和医学院细胞生物学博士学位。先后在法国巴黎第五大学、广州中医药大学从事博士后工作。一直致力于艾滋病的免疫学、病毒学研究以及中药治疗艾滋病疗效机制的研究。Email: chensong@gzucm.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(81274169,81173436);中国博士后科研基金(2013M530364)

“Yinyang and Wuxing” theory in traditional Chinese medicine on the point of biomedical research

CHEN Song   

  1. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China
  • Received:2016-06-30 Online:2016-08-25 Published:2016-08-25

摘要: “阴阳五行”是中医学形成的理论基础,也是阻碍中医现代化的最大障碍。实际上,“阴阳”已被广泛采纳用于描述生物医学研究领域的正、负反馈调节机制;而基于“五行”的脏腑理论或许也能够用科学语言解释——如果把中医“五脏”看成是五种生命最基本、最原始功能的代称,而“五行”描述了这些原始功能的特性和相互关系,或许能够缩小中医脏腑理论体系与现代科学之间的距离。不仅如此,“阴阳五行”理论有可能帮助科研者们更好地理解疾病的本质,推进现代医学研究朝着宏观、整体的方向发展。

关键词: 阴阳, 五行, 脏腑理论, 中医, 生物医学研究

Abstract: “Yinyang and Wuxing” theories are the characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM), however, they are also the major hindrances impeding people to understand and accept TCM. Actually, "Yinyang" theory had been widely adopted to describe the positive and negative feedack mechanisms in biomedical research. In this paper, the author proposed that the “Wuxing theory” may also be explained using scientific language. If we looked “Wuxing” in TCM theory as five most fundamental and primary functions, instead of internal organs, we could understand TCM theory better on the point of modern sciences. Movever, "Yinyang and Wuxing” theory may help researchers to understand the essential pathogenesis of disease better, and prompt the modern medical research development to an integral direction.

Key words: Yinyang, Wuxing, Zangfu theory, traditional Chinese medicine, biomedical research

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