The holism of body

qi and spirit is the core theory for traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） to understand life activities and disease evolution. When the pathological associations among body

qi and spirit were used to analyze the occurrence of tumors

it is found that restless heart and blurred spirit is the origin; spirit failing to circulate qi lays the foundation; loss of control on qi-body transformation is the beginning

and body-constitution dissimilation is the result. Tumors gradually formulate when the abnormal cross-linking and interaction among body

qi

and spirit gets worse; therefore

the holism of body

qi and spirit concept should be followed to analyze the genesis of tumors

which can not only help construct the etiology and pathogenesis system of tumors in TCM

but provide guidance for syndrome differentiation and treatment of tumors.