《黄帝内经》建构中医药理论的基本范畴——取象

"取象",是<黄帝内经>建构中医理论体系的重要方法范畴."以形正名"(取象命名)形成的名词概念是理论思维的起点,也是科学研究的结晶,概念形式又巩固和保存了人们的认识成果."以象测脏"(取象测脏),是从外知内、以表知里的重要手段,使中医药学能超越当时的生产力水平、实践工具而获得认识. "取象比类",凭借有限的已知,通过类比推理探测未知领域,建构起庞大的中医药理论体系.

Inner Canon of Huangdi establishing fundamental theoretical category of TCM : absorbing image

"Absorbing image "is an important method in establishing fundamental theoretical system of TCM.The term and concept of "nomenclature according to manifestations" is the starting point of theoretical thoughts and the results of scientific studies."Testing viscera via the state of internal organs" is a method of "understanding the interior from the exterior",which makes TCM surpass productivity level and practical tools of that time,finally aquire knowledge.The huge theoretical system of TCM is constructed on the basis of "classification according to manifestation",discovering unknown fields according to infinite knowledge.