从心理学角度探析治神在针刺治疗中的重要性

中医认为,任何治疗都要以治神为本,这与当前生物—心理—社会医学模式的观点极为吻合。治神在针刺治疗应用中强调＂入静＂,即达到与心理治疗中的中性催眠的状态,在治疗效应方面,在于均使呼吸变得柔和深长以及使氧气的更新率提高。治神即理神,是针灸治疗的基本原则,不仅要求医生了解患者的精神状态和机体变化,也是对医者进行针刺诊治活动所须具有的一种精神状态的要求。无论中医治神还是现代心理都是重视人的社会属性,力求通过调心养性,调整个体与社会的不良状况及社会适应能力,促进相互接纳。

Analysis on the importance of treating Shen in acupuncture from psychological perspective

Traditional Chinese medicine holds that any treatment should base on ＂treating Shen＂, which is consistent with the recent medical model point of organism-mentality-society. In acupuncture application, treating Shen emphasizes on ＂meditation＂, which means enter the state of neutral hypnosis in psychotherapy. As to the therapeutic effect, it lies in making the breath gentle and deep and increasing the replacement rate of oxygen. Treating Shen is nursing Shen, which is the fundamen- tal principle in acupuncture treatment. It not only demands doctors know the mental states and physical changes of the patients, but also is a necessary state of mind when doctors perform acupuncture. Both treating Shen in TCM and modern psychological therapy attach importance to the social attribute of human beings and strive to regulate the unhealthy condition and social adaptability between individual and society to promote mutual acceptance by maintaining nature and disposition.