This course is primarily designed for students from the colleges of science, engineering, atomic science, life science, electrical engineering, and information technology, as well as students from non-science and engineering backgrounds. Particularly, students from the colleges of humanities and social sciences, education, arts, and technology management who are interested in traditional Chinese medicine are encouraged to take this course. The curriculum will delve into modern traditional Chinese medicine theories, systematically introducing Chinese herbal medicine, pharmacology, preparation methods, and formulas, while discussing their relationships with modern science and biotechnology. The course involves both theoretical analysis and practical applications. Upon completion of this general education course, grounded in the principles of systems and complexity science, students will be able to develop independent thinking skills on traditional Chinese medicine, herbal formulas, modern science, and biotechnology, by learning how to establish theory from experiments. The main content of this course can be summarized as follows: Firstly, an introduction to the historical position of Chinese medicine in the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, its traditional theoretical basis, and modern representations. Additionally, a comparison of Eastern and Western perspectives on the universe, natural philosophy, and medicine, as well as how Chinese medicine and modern technology blend and permeate each other. For detailed content, please refer to the teaching materials. The course also emphasizes the importance of testing the correctness of theories, studying how to design experiments and examine the experimental results in scientific literature to establish scientific models. Students from various colleges such as science, engineering, and humanities can apply their knowledge gained from professional courses to propose various arguments and prove or disprove them. We will also collectively review and compare with some existing theories.
Chinese Herbology and Modern Sciences & Technologies
Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract/Objectives
The course will systematically introduce Chinese herbal medicine, pharmacology, processing, and formulations, exploring their relationship with modern science and biotechnology. It involves both theoretical analysis and practical applications. Upon completion of this general education course, based on the significance of systematic and complexity science, students will be trained on how to independently think from experiments to theoretical establishment, enhancing their critical thinking abilities in the fields of Chinese medicine, pharmacology, modern science, and biotechnology.
Results/Contributions
Keywords
Traditional Chinese Medicine substances, Traditional Chinese Medicine pharmacology, Traditional Chinese Medicine processing, Traditional Chinese Medicine formulations, Fractal Continuum Chaotic Wave Theory
Contact Information
張翔
shyang@ee.nthu.edu.tw