定性研究方法在中医药领域的应用与思考

Application and Thinking of Qualitative Research Methods in the Field of Traditional Chinese Medicine

定性研究是应用非定量方法收集、整理、分析研究数据的一种研究方法,常用于研究难以量化的现象和行为。定性研究方法自然性、开放性、整体性、归纳性的特点,与中医药整体观和辨证论治较为一致。将定性研究方法用于中医药名老中医学术思想传承、中医药疗效评价、中医证候标准建立等方面,对中医药学的现代发展具有重要的意义。

Qualitative research is a research method for collecting,organizing and analyzing research data by means of non-quantitative methods.It is often used to study phenomena and behaviors that are difficult to quantify.Qualitative research methods are natural,open-mind,holistic,and inductive.It is more consistent with the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and the treatment based on syndrome differentiation.The application of qualitative research methods to the inheritance of TCM ideology,the evaluation of TCM curative effect,and the establishment of TCM syndrome standards are of great significance to the modern development of TCM.