LIU Ning, JIA Chunhua. On Women′s Zang Organs Irritability (Zang Zao) Based on Conceptual Metaphor[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2019, 60(24): 2071-2074.
LIU Ning, JIA Chunhua. On Women′s Zang Organs Irritability (Zang Zao) Based on Conceptual Metaphor[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2019, 60(24): 2071-2074.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2019.24.001.
The "women′s zang organs irritability"(Zang Zao) in Synopsis of Golden Chamber(《金匮要略》)has always had different records of "dryness" and "irritability". In addition
the different interpretations of the word "zang organs" and the uncertainty of the location and nature have caused inconsistent understanding of "women′s zang organs irritability" in traditional theory(燥). Metacognitive and logical methods were introduced to characterize it
and found that the women′s zang organs irritability was located in the uterus. "Irritability"(躁) should be written as "dryness". The concept of women′s zang organs dryness does not originate from the traditional theory of zang-fu organs function. It is more likely to be a metaphorical concept based on the direct observation of "women′s menstruation or menopause"
which should mean a state of menstruation or menopause of a woman. It was called zang organs irritability
which should be a kind of pronoun
belonging to the category of metonymy. Through the establishment of such conditions
the scope of application of Ganmai Dazao Decoction(甘麦大枣汤) for "sad and likely to cry