ZHAO Hong-bin, CHEN Chuan, LIN Shui-miao. Development and evolution of the concept of essential blood[J]. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2017,51(8):40-42.
ZHAO Hong-bin, CHEN Chuan, LIN Shui-miao. Development and evolution of the concept of essential blood[J]. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2017,51(8):40-42.DOI:
The concept of essential blood is rarely discussed in the early medical books. Through the analysis on the related concepts such as essence and essential qi,it considers that essential blood can be used as the basic concept of describing the attribute of living substances. From the discussion in later medical books,essential blood is originally a general term for essence and blood,especially the combined term of reproductive essence of male and female. Further,it is considered as the material basis for life activities,which goes deep into the nature of the concept of essential blood.