When was the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine formed?

The theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine was initially formed from the Warring States to the Han Dynasty. Medical monographs such as Huangdi Neijing, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Shennong Herbal Classic mark the initial formation of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, China has been invaded by western powers, and its national fortune has been weakened. At the same time, the influx of modern medicine (western medicine) has seriously impacted the development of Chinese medicine. Many people in China advocate medical modernization, and traditional Chinese medicine has been greatly challenged.

People began to look at it with the thinking mode of western medicine system, and Chinese medicine fell into a dispute of keeping or abolishing. The same is true of Japanese traditional Chinese medicine and Korean medicine, both of which belong to China's medical system. Since SARS in 2003, classical Chinese medicine began to show signs of recovery.

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The theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine is the foundation and core of the traditional Chinese medicine system, which is characterized by the holistic view of the three philosophical views of harmony between man and nature and the similarity view of syndrome differentiation and treatment (fractal view).

The basic theories of TCM mainly include the fractal theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the theory of Tibetan images of five systems (heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney), the theory of five movements and six qi, the theology of qi, blood, essence and body fluid (the ternary and pluralistic theory of qi: information-energy-materialism), the theory of physique, the theory of etiology, the theory of pathogenesis and health preservation, and the fractal meridian theory.

Based on the theory of Zangxiang and the theory of information-energy-substance, the physiological and pathological phenomena of human body are comprehensively and systematically expounded to guide clinical diagnosis and treatment activities.