“致中和”是中医学的理论基础

Attaining a state of harmony:theoretical basis of Chinese medical sciences

"致中和"是中国传统文化中的精髓,是世界万物存在的理想状态,"和"指的是各个方面的谐调共处,融汇为一体,这是事物发展的极致阶段,最佳状态,和谐是万物产生和发展的基础,这种思想理念深深地影响着中医基础理论体系的完善和发展。结合《黄帝内经》原文对"和"与生命、健康、疾病、治疗的相关论述作了分析,阐述了"和"的理念对中医学的影响,提出"和"是中医学术之本的观点。中医学吸收了"致中和"的思想理念,并运用到对人体生命现象的观察和研究之中,创立了不同于西方医学的中医学理论体系。

Attaining a state of harmony is the quintessence of Chinese traditional culture,an ideal state for all things on the earth and extreme stage in the development of things having the universe at one.He（harmony）,in Chinese,means harmonization and coordination.The concept of He influences deeply the improvement and development of the basic theory system of Chinese medical sciences.The paper analysed He and life,health,diseases and treatment based on the original text in Huangdi Neijing,explained the influence of the concept of He on Chinese medical sciences,and presented the viewpoint of He being the academic root of Chinese medical sciences.Chinese medical sciences absorb the thought of attaining a state of harmony,applies it in the observation and study on human life phenomena and sets up its own theoretical system.