Zhong Yao Cai. 1998 Aug; 21(8): 423-5.

[The connotation investigation of "female-male" in Chinese traditional medicine nomenclature]

Chen S, Chen J, Tong Y, An Z, Chen L.

Shiyan Taihe Hospital, Hubei Province, Shiyan 442000.

The connotation investigation of "female-male" in nomenclature of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, suggests that the female-male" in Chinese medicine nomenclature is generalized concept. It has three connotation, including correlation, relativity identity. It's concrete use of materialist dialectics in Chinese medicine.