取象比类在传统针刺补泻理法中的应用

Application of the analogy in the connotation of reinforcing and reducing principle and method in traditional acupuncture

取象比类是中医学重要的思维方法,古代中医文献关于这方面的内容十分丰富。传统针刺补泻中也有许多取象比类思维的应用,如补泻主旨、操作手法、补泻时机、得气效果等诸多方面都运用了取象比类的方法。本文从这一视角入手,对针刺补泻相关的理法内容进行梳理和分析,以期更好地认识针刺补泻理法的渊源和本质,并希冀更多人清楚和重视古代针灸理论的这一思维特点。

Analogy is the significant thinking method in TCM and it has been recorded abundantly in ancient literature of TCM. The analogy idea had been adopted in the connotation of the reinforcing and reducing principle and method of traditional acupuncture, such as the reinforcing and reducing manipulation techniques, the timing of the reinforcing and reducing method and the effects of deqi. In view of the analogy idea, the relevant reinforcing and reducing principles and methods of traditional acupuncture were collated and analyzed in the article. It is anticipated that the origin and essence of reinforcing and reducing principles and methods can be better identified and this thinking characteristic of ancient acupuncture theory be widely understood and fully emphasized.