title: [Influence of channel theory of traditional Chinese medicine on the development of viscera-bowels theory].
abstract: The core contents of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), channel theory and viscera-bowels theory, had been affecting each other, though each had its own independent pattern of development. The identification of yin-yang nature of viscera-bowels and their interconnections had a close relationship with the influence of channel theory. Initially, the "two-yin and two-yang" was used as the standard to determine the yin-yang nature and quantity of yin-qi and yang-qi of the viscera-bowels. Afterwards, when the titles of "three-yin" and "three-yang" were established and given and connected with the viscera-bowels and channels, the communication between the viscera-bowels and "three-yin and three-yang" was bridged and set up. Under the influence of the relationship of exterior-interior of the channels and the relationship of its connection with the underlying viscera organs, the theory of interconnection of viscera-bowels became mature. Hence, the channel-viscera theory in the Chapter of Channels in the Miraculous Pivot predominated and played a mainstream role, resulting in the gradual fading away of other heterodoxical theories that eventually declined.
authors: China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors: Zhen-Rui
authors: ZR
authors: Wang