Ma Wen-Hui, Sun Xiao-Hong
Clinic of Sanbu Liubing Research Institute, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030013, China.
Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2005 Jul;3(4):257-9. doi: 10.3736/jcim20050402.
The concept of "three-yin and three-yang" in Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases), a classic written by Zhang Zhongjing in Han Dynasty, has been always the focus of dispute in successive dynasties. The essence of "three-yin and three-yang" has not been fully revealed up till now. Through studying the six divisions of day and night, the six diseases, the combination of syndromes, the complicated diseases, the complete recovery time and the space division of "three-yin and three-yang", the authors draw a conclusion that the "three-yin and three-yang" in Shanghan Lun is a concept of time-sequence, which is associated with the location of disease in space. So it is suggested that the "six diseases" in Shanghan Lun is a categorization for exogenous febrile diseases, and this categorization reveals a sort of inner relationship between the emergence, development, transformation of the febrile diseases and the time.
汉代张仲景所著经典《伤寒论》中的“三阴三阳”概念，一直是历代争论的焦点。至今“三阴三阳”的实质尚未完全揭示。通过对昼夜六时段、六种病症、证候组合、复杂病症、痊愈时间以及“三阴三阳”的空间划分进行研究，作者得出结论：《伤寒论》中的“三阴三阳”是一个时间序列概念，与疾病在空间上的位置相关。因此，建议将《伤寒论》中的“六种病症”作为外感热病的一种分类，这种分类揭示了热病的发生、发展、转化与时间之间的某种内在关系。
