中医药学的研究对象是包含辨证论治、遣药组方、整体调节在内的复杂系统,复杂性科学的研究与实践为中医药学的研究提供了新的方法。本文在介绍复杂适应系统(CAS)理论及其建模方法的基础上,充分分析了将其用于中医药研究的理论基础,认为将复杂适应系统理论用于中医诊疗过程的建模而非实体的建模是此类研究成功的关键。给出了基于多主体的中医药复杂适应系统建模途径,为基于复杂适应系统的中医药理论研究提供了思路和方法。
The subject of TCM research is a complex adaptive system (CAS) including the syndrome differentiation and treatment, drug application and formula composition, and entirety accommodation. The study and practice of the complexity science provides a new method for TCM research. The theoretic basis of the application of CAS is analyzed here on the base of the introduction to CAS theory and modeling. The success key is that CAS is applied in the modeling of TCM diagnostic and treatment instead of in the modeling of entity. The modeling way of CAS based on multi-agent provides the thinking train and method for TCM theoretic research based on CAS.