五行针灸:一种源于中国的心身疗愈方法

 通过总结心身医学起源与发展历史，概述现代医学心身疾病治疗现状，阐明随着生物-心理-社会医学模式的确立，现代医学已经认识到心理因素对大多数疾病的发生、发展都有着广泛的影响，但现有心身治疗手段仍存在很大局限。回顾了中医学中的心身医学理念及特色，指出中医学理论体系中自始至终秉承了心身合一的思想，五行针灸便是其中独具特色的一个代表性针灸学派。梳理了对五行针灸这一自然疗愈针灸学派的的源流、传承及诊疗特色。基于现代心理学回归东方这一背景，展望了五行针灸未来的发展。指出东西方两种文化必然会相互启发、相互补充，五行针灸这一源于中国的心身疗愈方法定会与蓬勃发展的心身医学一道携手前行，更深入、更有效地帮助受心身疾病困扰的患者。

Five-element acupuncture: A psychosomatic therapy originating in China

Psychosomatic medicine applies the principle of psychosomatic correlation to health keeping as well as disease prevention and treatment. With the establishment of the bio-psycho-social medical model, it is realized by modern medicine that psychological factors have an impact on the occurrence and development of most human diseases. The application of psychosomatic therapies, however, is still limited in the modern medical system. In the theoretical system of Chinese medicine, the philosophy of combining body with spirit has a long history. Among a great variety of acupuncture schools, the five-element acupuncture is known as a typical one, which has unique features in diagnosis and treatment of psychosomatic diseases. It is a natural healing therapy under the instruction of the great harmony between nature and human as well as the holistic idea of human body. From the perspective of the five elements, the dominant element of patients is identified, and the characteristics of temperament, character, emotion, words and deeds of people like those of the five elements are taken from the characteristics of seasonal changes in nature, forming the basic framework for classification of the five elements of people. It emphasizes the mutual influence of mind and body, attaches importance to the internal cause of disease (internal injury due to emotional disorder), and the treatment sequence is from inside to outside. The treatment focuses on the corresponding meridians of the dominant element to stimulate the self-healing ability of the human body, and at the same time cures the spirit and mind, fully reflecting the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine. The five-element acupuncture is a unique therapy for both physical and mental healing, which deserves wide dissemination and application.