[Influence of climatic factor on formation and development of TCM].
Climatic factors influence health, physiological and pathological condition of human being, and then influence medicine. Through discussing the relationship between climatic type and traditional Chinese medical theory, relationship between climatic changes and formation and development of Cold-Warm School, and regional characteristic of Ling Nan medicine, conclusion can be made: firstly, traditional Chinese medical theory has some regional limit because its formation was influenced by climatic factor; secondly, climatic changes in history is the important cause leading to formation and vicissitude of Cold-Warm School in TCM history; thirdly, as an important branch of TCM, Ling Nan medicine reflects its own climatic characteristic and shows good adaptability and promising prospects of TCM.
Wang
Kan
K
The 2nd Clinical Hospital, Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou 510405.
Qin
Lin
L
D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional