Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) refers to a comprehensive science that focuses on the theory and practical experience of TCM and studies the transformation law of health and diseases in human life activities and their prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and health care. Guided by the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, TCM studies the physiological and pathological pharmacology of human body and its relationship with the natural environment from the perspective of dynamic whole, and seeks the most effective methods to prevent and treat diseases.
Any theory, if it does not have the characteristics of the overall concept, is not a complete sense of Chinese medicine. If it is not dynamic, then this theory does not fully grasp the true meaning of traditional Chinese medicine.
"Holism" and "syndrome differentiation and treatment" are the basic characteristics of TCM theory, but in the existing TCM, almost no one can fully achieve such characteristics except the physiological and pathological system theory of TCM.
It can not only reveal the law of yin-yang gasification of zang-fu organs, traffic relations and the law of yin-yang gasification of heaven and earth, but also reveal the theoretical system of syndrome differentiation and treatment of selling Qin. For example, from the perspective of holistic view, Chinese medicine has the concept that "healthy qi and evil qi are the basic contradictions that constitute diseases", which should be the theoretical basis for Chinese medicine to determine the name of diseases.
However, due to almost losing the guiding role and value of the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, it is inevitable to confuse the difference and connection between "cause" and "syndrome", and realize that "disease" and "syndrome" are the basic elements of diseases, but they confuse "cause" and "syndrome", and even confuse the concepts of diseases in different logical categories.
Yin-Yang and Five Elements belong to the category of ancient philosophy in China, which confuses philosophy and medicine, makes some people unconvinced and becomes the basis for those who question its scientificity.