中国文化导读课件10

中国文化概况

主讲教师: 朱丽明

Allusions

金玉其外，败絮其中：Rubbish coated in gold and jade

一片冰心：Crystal-like heart kept in the jade flask---pure and innocent friendship.

青梅竹马：Green plums and bamboo horses

鸟尽弓藏：The bow is cast aside once the birds are gone.

入境问禁On entering a country, inquire about what is forbidden

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine

•Many Chinese people, especially the older generation, are accustomed to going to traditional Chinese doctors and using traditional Chinese remedies. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)has a history stretching back thousands of years. TCM is an extremely rich discipline, built upon the combined experiences of famous practitioners of past dynasties, and the extensive body of medical writings they produced.

TCM considers Nature and Human to form a single whole, and emphasizes the philosophical concept known as

"The Unity of Heaven and Human." Environmental factors such as the four seasons and changes in temperature and weather

body, with the body and Nature forming an integrated system.

•When the weather is hot in the spring

When the weather is

humid in summer

When the weather is

dry in the fall

•When the weather is

cold in winter

•All parts and systems of the body are considered to be closely connected and mutually interacting. "The outside of the body is Yang, the inside is Yin; the back is Yang, the abdomen (腹部) is Yin."TCM utilizes Yin-Yang Theory and Five Elements Theory, which advocate "administering treatment according to pattern," rather than "treating the head when the head hurts; treating the foot when the foot hurts."

•According to the Five Elements Theory, the liver and gallbladder（胆囊）are Wood, the heart is Fire （火）, the spleen（脾）and stomach are Earth （土）, the lungs and intestines（肠）are Metal （金）, and the kidneys（肾）and bladder（膀胱）are Water（水）.

When Yin and Yang are out of balance,

disease and disorder result.

Methods of Diagnosis

•The basics of TCM diagnostics are: observe (望), hear and smell (闻), ask about background (问) and read the pulse (切).Then classify the symptoms into different types (阴阳表里寒热虚实). TCM requires skill in a range of diagnostic systems not commonly used outside of TCM. Much of this diagnostic skill involves developing the abilities to observe subtle appearances;to observe that which is right in front of us, but escapes the observation of most people.

Chinese medicine treats the root •Traditional Chinese remedies consist of natural preparations. Several thousand years of experimentation have determined the specific medicinal properties of numerous herbs, and the specific prescriptions and treatments that should be used for a wide range of conditions. The famous Compendium of Materia Medica(本草

纲目), written by Li Shizhen during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), contains comprehensive descriptions of thousands of Chinese herbal remedies. Traditional Chinese remedies may either be taken internally or applied externally to promote the recovery of normal functioning, in accordance with the theory of "administering treatment according to pattern." Thus the saying, "Western medicine treats the symptom, Chinese medicine treats the root."