复杂性和非线性是物质、生命和人类社会最显著的特征,现代科学的发展以使非线性动力学的研究现已深入到各个学科研究领域。近年来,非线性在西医学的脑电、心电、声学、图像处理以及精神治疗等方面都有应用,而在中医药的相关研究论述却较少。本文对中医的阴阳五行、脏腑经络等不同层面的混沌、分形等非线性特征作了简单的论述,并对非线性方法在中药中的植物形态、药物代谢中的应用作了简要介绍。旨在让中医药界的学者对非线性有更多的了解,以便进一步的解释和揭示中医理论的本质,为中医药的研究引入一种新的手段和方法,以推动中医药学更好的完善和发展

The study of nonlinear dynamics has deepened into the fields of various disciplines. This article briefly discusses such nonlinear characteristics as chaos and fractal in the areas of yin and yang, five elements, vescera and main collateral channels of human body in traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） and generally introduces the application of nonlinear method to phytomorph and the metabolism of drugs in TCM, aiming at promoting scholars in TCM to know still more about nonlinear characteristics and application and further explaining and revealing the essence of TCM theories with them. This is a new means or method introduced into the study of TCM in the hope of contributing to the perfection and development of TCM.

国家自然科学资金资助项目(70171062):基于Muti-agents的中医脏腑关系的建模