HYPOTHETICAL BASES OF THE CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AS A THEORETICAL ISSUE

Abstract

The paper explores complex theoretical positions of the traditional Chinese acupuncture therapy (concepts of Wu-xing, Zhang-Fu, Yin-Yang, Xing-luo, Qi). Attention is drawn to their archaic, limited perception of West-ern specialists and contemporally unargumentated use in the system of the professional training of doctors of the target specialization. Proposed methodology of the complex perception of the theoreticcal bases of acu-puncture therapy with the help of the developed "Map-scheme".
Keywords. , acupuncture, the concept of Wu-xing, Zhang-fy, Yin-Yang, Xing-Luo, Qi.