状态医学——中医学的现代概念

Kilter Medicine A Contemporary Concept of Traditional Chinese Medicine

状态医学——中医学的现代概念张有和（澳大利亚澳华中医学会理事）指导邓中炎吴弥漫（广州中医药大学基础医学院广州０５０４０８）中医学作为一种独特的医学模式，在中华民族文化的沃土中扎下深厚根基，至今仍繁荣发展，并在现代医学技术精进日新的氛围中走向世界，显示...

Abstract:This article intends to provide new dimensions to the meaning of functional health states in human bodies.It is intended to exemplify the concept of ‘kiter medicine’(the state of healty of an individual)in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).The author attempts to illustrate the intrinsic factor of TCM by using the principles of ‘tong bing yi zhi(treating similar diseases with different therapy) and ‘yi bing tong zhi’(treating different diseases with the similar therapy) in order to further demonstrate the meaning of ‘kilter medicine’. The functional kilter of an individual can be classified approximately into twenty categories.This article introduces another concept‘Relative Indefinite’ kilter to explain these classifications. Whether an individual is in a healthy state or not initially comes from the perception of ‘not feeling well’ from oneself.Hence,symptoms are curcial factors to diagnosis and physical signs are objective evidence.However,the health state of an individual does not equal to the performance of any isolated functions of organs.Therefore,medical tests and measurements only serve as references when used to determine the health state of an individual. Comparing the basis of contemporary medical approach in terms of differential diagnosis and pathogenesis,the concept of ‘kilter medicine’ is a distinct clinical system.The pharmacology used in TCM reflects the various aspects of ‘kilter medicine’. The prototype of ‘kilter medicine’ originates from TCM.The modality of ‘kilter medicine’ literally represents a new concept.Its diagnostic approach and evaluation of health states differs completely from Western medicine.It can be envisaged that the theoretical and clinical practice of ‘kilter medicine’ will concomitantly coexist with Western medicine in the future. This article is based on fidelity.It intends to analyze the specificity of TCM as a natural science.Furthermore,it recapitulates that the intrinsic core of TCM in ‘kilter medicine’.