What is the viewpoint that runs through all aspects of TCM?

Holism runs through all aspects of TCM. It attaches great importance to the unity and integrity of the human body itself and the relationship between the human body and nature and society.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human body is an organic whole with the five zang-organs as the center and the six fu-organs as the subsidiary, which is formed by the meridian system of "the five zang-organs belong to the five zang-organs, and the external collaterals connect the limbs". The basic idea that "the human body is an organic whole" runs through the elaboration of the physiological function, pathological changes, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.