A Review of Studying on the Five Elements Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on Metaphorical Cognition / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

Five elements theory is a constructive metaphorical system.Now,from the perspective of metaphor,studying on the five elements theory mainly focuses on the metaphorical cognitive thinking,metaphor cognitive type,metaphor cognitive system and so on,which has obtained certain research results.After systematically combing and analyzing the above contents,this paper points out the existing problems,and puts forward some suggestions on this basis:in the context of metaphorical cognition,we should focus on the study of the five elements theory from the standpoint of TCM,cognitive linguistics,cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience,especially the empirical study of relevant theories.Such as using the behavioral studies,Event-related potential to demonstrate the relationship between the five-tone and five-color,or exploring the new relationship.