碩士 / 南華大學 / 自然生物科技學系自然療癒碩士班 / 104 / Background and Purpose: Both China and India have thousands of years history and widsome from great ancient civilizations. With the passage of time, these two medical systems are more improved and still in practice today. What these two medical systems are not just a subject of science, but also the healthy life style. From ancient times to the present, it is saying that the prosperity of a country depends on the healthy women and children. During the process of menstruation, leucorrhea, pregnancy and delivery of women, they might have suffer some other gynecological disorders as years go on. In this study on the theory of diagnosis and treatment of the gynecological disorders in TCM and Ayurvedic medicine, we can see how these two traditional medical systems prevent, make a diagnosis and give treatment in gynecological disorders.
Materials and Methods: The thesis is majorly based on the Traditional Chinese and Indian Medicine references, with recent medical literature about the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological disorders in Ayurveda examined. In addition, the proper English terms of TCM disorders are based on “The bilingual dictionary of Chinese and western medicine disease” by Dr. Lin J. G (chief editor), a Chinese-English bilingual textbook, as well as the cross-reference from Ayurveda medicine disease.
Results and Discussion: The Yin, Yang and five elements theory of TCM and five elements (bhutas) of Ayurveda, their thoughts are both generated from the philosophy of harmony. During the practice of these two medicine systems, they both use four ways of diagnosis - look, listen, question and feel the pulse, however Ayurveda medical system is more concerned about the psychological, personality, dreamland and mood. When it comes to the etiology and pathogenesis, they both determinate the etiologic factors based on examination of sydromes and the search of rooth causes. The diagnosis and treatment of the gynecological disorders of Ayurveda uses three aspects from “Tridoṣa” to evaluate the imbalance of human body, hence providing the treatment according to the condition. However, the etiology and pathogenesis of TCM are more sophisticated as it contains many theories such as eight principles, Zang-Fu, Qi-Blood, Meridian differentiation of TCM, combined with the physiological property of woman (menstruation, leucorrhea, pregnancy and delivery). In addition, both TCM and Ayurveda mainly focus on herb medication treatment, TCM shares many monographs about Gynecology with clear instruction of prescriptions, where the application of Ayurveda medicine are variable such as herb oil massage, enema, bath and diaphoresis methods which are rare in TCM. In summary, The fundamental philosophy of health preservation in TCM and Ayurvedic medicine are both “prevention is better than cure ”.
Conclusions: The thesis is an exploratory study on the diagnosis and treatment of the gynecological disorders in TCM and Ayurvedic medicine. Comparing with the explanation in physiological and pathological of modern medicine, then summarized the characteristics of diagnosis and treatment in TCM and Ayurvedic medicine. These two medical systems are both generated from great ancient civilizations, looking forward to have more researches and books for the further discussion. With the further practical study of these two living traditional medicines, the better future and development will be applied.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/104NHU00067004 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Ya-Hsuan Lin, 林亞萱 |
| Contributors | Chiu-Yuan Chen, 陳秋媛 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 129 |
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