从律管候气到针刺候气——一个中医学术语的文化渊源

From Detecting the Wind by Pipe to Waiting for Qi in Acupuncture:Original Interpretation for a Traditional Chinese Medicine Term

对针刺候气这一中医学术语的观念来源作了上溯与解读,认为候气是古人授时的方法之一,早期的候气与望气、风占等有涉。在天人相应的观念系统里,时节、方位与身形被联系了起来,于是这一天文与风占意义上的候气法便有了医学的意义。这一概念在医学语境下悄然变化,成了医者可以掌握的具体临床技术。

Origin of waiting for tdt m acupuIlctu of seasons, which is a method of time service in ancient time. Waiting for Qi is related to divining technology by wind. In the idea system that human body should adapted to natural environment, the human body, time and the position were con- tacted. Detecting the wind of seasons caught a medical means gradually. In addition, the connotation of this concept had changed quietly to a specific medical clinical technology.