创新是中医药学永续发展的第一动力

Innovation: the Primary Driving Force behind Sustainable Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine

过去两千多年的历史证明,创新是中医药学永续发展的第一动力。中医药理论体系的形成是一次原创性的理论构建,此后临床医学的独立和分化,历代医家发扬《黄帝内经》之理、光大张仲景之法,特别是金元医学流派的出现和明清温病学说的创立,不断强化中医药学的创新活力。而其创新发展的前提,是对各个时代相关学科发展成果的吸收借鉴。近百余年来,中医药学创新乏力,表现为理论研究偏离了《黄帝内经》的方向,技术水平滞后于时代。四诊技术与现代科技的对接可能是率先创新的一个可行领域,进而围绕与"藏元素""象元素"所关联的阴阳、气血、精、津液等生命物质开展系统性研究,或可能为藏象理论研究开辟一条新的途径。

The history in past two thousand years proves that innovation is the primary driving force behind sustainable development of traditional Chinese medicine（ TCM）. The form of theoretical system of TCM was an original construction. After that,clinical medicine became independent and divided,and medical practitioners of the past dynasties carried forward the theories of Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor（ 《黄帝内经》） and ZHANG Zhongjing’s therapeutic methods. Especially,the medical schools in Song and Yuan Dynasties came out and the epidemic febrile disease theory established,and the innovative dynamism of TCM had strengthened. And the prerequisite of innovation and development is drawing on the achievements of related disciplines in all ages. During the past hundreds of years,the manifestations of TCM’ s lack of innovation are the research direction having deviated from the theories in Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor and the technology having been behind the times. Combination between four diagnostic methods and modern technologies might be the first innovation in feasible area. Then systematic researches on yinyang,qi and blood,essence and fluid which connect with ＂visceral element＂and ＂manifestation element＂will possibly be the new method of viscera-state doctrine.