构建“大脾胃”概念,明确其内涵是包括了胰、脑在内的,以消化为主,涉及免疫、神经、内分泌、血液等多系统、多功能的综合单位,其特点是以脾为核心主导地位和以脾为枢的调衡机制,而具有中医特色的整体观思维、中心核心思想以及调衡自和的中庸思想贯穿了其构建的始终。“大脾胃”概念的提出对于突出中医思维特色,深化对脾胃藏象理论的认识,强化脾的核心主导地位,在疾病的防治中重视脾气的枢机作用具有重要意义。
The concept of the 'big spleen-stomach' system was built up, whose connotations mainly included digesting, especially the function of pancrea and brain. Surely it was related to the functions of other systems, such as the immune, nerve, endocrine and blood. So it was a multi-functional integrated unit which characterized by the spleen considerder as the core dominance status and operation center of viscera's function. At the mean time the overall view thinking of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), center core thought and self-adjustment of the doctrine of the mean thought had always run through the entire construction course. This proposal of the concept had an important significance for highlighting TCM thinking features, deepening the understanding of the doctrine of TCM, strengthening the core dominant status of spleen and paying more attention to the spleen qi which was the operation center of viscera in the prevention and treatment of disease.