Letter to the Editor: Epilepsy in Chinese Culture
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- letter
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in The American Journal of Chinese Medicine
- Vol. 29 (01) , 181-184
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0192415x01000204
Abstract
This article reviewed the meaning and development of epilepsy in Chinese culture. The theories of Yin and Yang and the five elements, fundamentals of traditional Chinese medicine, were introduced, which form the context of understanding of the etiology, classification, and treatment of epilepsy in traditional Chinese medicine.Keywords
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