Chapter 1 ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE
MEDICINE ................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY............................................................................................................................1
1.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TCM ..........................................................................................................................................3
1.3 TOP 10 FAMOUS CHINESE DOCTORS IN HISTORY ..............................................................................................5
PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF TCM.....................................................................................................16
Chapter 2
2.1 CONCEPT OF OVERALL BALANCE........................................................................................................................16
2.2 YIN-YANG AND QI-XUE ............................................................................................................................................19
2.3 FIVE ELEMENTS THEORY ..........................................................................................................................................28
2.4 CAUSES OF DISEASES: THE SIX EXTERNAL AGENTS AND SEVEN INTERNAL EMOTIONS...................32
DIAGNOSIS OF TCM..........................................................................................................................................38
Chapter 3
3.1 FOUR PILLARS OF TCM DIAGNOSIS......................................................................................................................38
3.3 LISTENING AND SMELL ............................................................................................................................................49
3.4 TAKE A HISTORY .........................................................................................................................................................55
3.5 TAKE THE PULSE .........................................................................................................................................................60
4.1 YIN AND YANG SYNDROME ...................................................................................................................................66
4.2 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SYNDROME.................................................................................................................70
4.3 COLD AND HEAT SYNDROME ................................................................................................................................73
4.4 DEFICIENCY AND EXCESS SYNDROME.................................................................................................................78
CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE......................................................................................................................85
Chapter 5
5.1 WARMING HERB .........................................................................................................................................................85
5.2 COOLING HERB ...........................................................................................................................................................95
TCM AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY...................................................................................................................108
Chapter 6
6.1 TECHNIQUES OF SYSTEMS BIOLOGY...................................................................................................................108
6.2 S YSTEMS BIOLOGY IN THE RESEARCH OF TCM COMPONENTS.................................................................112
6.3 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES
OF TCM..........................................................................................................................................................................114
6.4 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY IN THE IDENTIFICATION, CULTIVATION, AND GENETIC BREEDING OF
CHINESE MEDICINAL MATERIALS......................................................................................................................118
6.5 “SYNDROMES” AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY ............................................................................................................120
6.6 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK ..............................................................................................................................123
6.7 TCM AND BIG DATA ................................................................................................................................................123
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