系统涌现性意义下的中药药性认知

Cognition of herbal property based on emergent features in system science

中医药始终是复杂系统研究所重点关注的对象之一,其理论体系特有的整体论、辨证论特点符合系统观基本认识。本研究采用系统涌现性的观点分析中药的药性概念,认为四气、五味等药性概念反映了中药复杂微观成分群作用于机体后涌现出的整体宏观效应,其涌现性特征受到药物、人体和文化3个方面因素的影响。本研究为中药药性实质研究提供思路,为系统科学理论与方法在中国传统草药学理论中的应用提供参考。

Traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） had always been focused by researchers in the field of systems science.The wholism and differentiation theory of TCM matched the knowledge of systemic views.This paper analyzed the TCM concept from the view of systems science,to propose a novel understanding of herbal property.It was believed that the herbal property could be viewed as an emergent property of biological effects caused by the complex constituents in medicinal herbs.The final emergent features were affected by three factors including medicine,body and historical culture.This paper proposed innovative ideas to the research of herbal property,which provided a reference for the application of systems science on traditional Chinese herbology theories.