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Comparison between the “Theory of Arkan” (Four Elements) in Traditional Persian Medicine and the “Theory of Five Elements” in Traditional Chinese Medicine | ||
Journal of Research on History of Medicine | ||
مقاله 3، دوره 4، شماره 2، مرداد 2015 اصل مقاله (602.51 K) | ||
نوع مقاله: Original Article | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Elham Behmanesh1؛ Morteza Mojahedi1؛ Roshanak Saghebi1؛ Mohammad Hossein Ayati2؛ Hamid Reza Bahrami Taghanaki3؛ Hesameddin Allameh1؛ Hosein Salmannezhad1؛ Zeinab Mahmoudpour1؛ Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur* 1 | ||
1Department of Traditional Iranian Medicine, Faculty of Traditional Iranian Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran | ||
2Department of Traditional Iranian Medicine, Faculty of Traditional Iranian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | ||
3Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Traditional Iranian Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran | ||
چکیده | ||
Traditional medicines, according to the World Health Organization, are defined as “the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the beliefs, theories, and experiences indigenous to different cultures that are based and developed historically. Due to the increasing uses of traditional medicines worldwide, it seems that cognition of their principles and foundations are necessary.” The two important schools of Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) have many similar concepts; one of the most fundamental is the theory of Arkan in TPM and theory of five elements in TCM. This is a review study, which extracted, classified and compared related concepts in TPM and TCM, conducted on original sources. To use the experience of other researchers and to find published articles in this regard, the Web databases SID, Magiran, Iranmedex, Google scholar, Pubmed and Embase were searched. The results are categorized under 12 categories. Generally, although there are considerable similarities between theory and functions of Arkan in TPM and theory of five elements in TCM, there are differences between the basic principles and the outcomes of these two theories. The comparison between these two theories shows that although they derive from similar theoretical and philosophical origins, that TPM arises from a monotheistic (not necessarily Islamic) viewpoint while TCM comes mostly from a metaphysical point of view. Furthermore, there are four principles in TPM but five in TCM. In addition, principles in TCM and TPM differ as follows: while in the former, the principles (having interactions in a dynamic process) are assumed to be directly related to phenomena, in the latter, they are explained with the mediated concept of “Mizaj”. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
Traditional Persian Medicine؛ Traditional Chinese medicine؛ Arkan Theory؛ Five Elements Theory | ||
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