广义的中医理论应包括高度抽象的基础理论、独到的诊疗技术、丰富实践经验的概括总结,同时浩如烟海的现代相关研究也应涵盖于其中。由于中医理论在中药研究与应用、中药现代化与国际化方面具有重要的指导或提示作用,在新形势下,中医理论的概念和内涵应具有开放性、兼容性和时代性。创新和把握中医理论的概念和内涵,对研究开发现代中药新药,有效应对“洋中药”、“植物药”、“天然药物”、“化学合成药”对我国中药市场的挑战,保护和发展民族医药工业等,具有重要的现实意义。

This article holds that the generalized theories of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） should be the summarization of highly abstract basic theories, unique art of diagnosis and treatment and rich experience of practice, and even those vast materials from studies should be included. Since the theories of TCM play significantly guiding or prompting roles in the study and application as well as in the modernization and internationalization of Chinese herbal medicines, their concept and content should be open, compatible and characteristic of times. To innovate and grasp the concept and content of TCM has great importance either in the greater, faster, better and more economic research and development of modern Chinese herbal medicines or in the prevention of the shock of "foreign Chinese medicines", "plant medicines", "natural medicines" and " chemo - synthetic medicaments" to the market of Chinese herbal medicines in China, thus protecting and developing the industry of ethnic medicines of the country.