从生理、病证角度对中西医有关肝的认识加以比较 ,认为 :中医肝的形态学基础为实体性肝脏 ,其生理病理的某些认识也不同程度源于实体 ,实体肝脏生理、病理特点的观察可能作为认识来源之一 ,参与构筑了中医肝脏象理论。由于两者社会背景不同 ,认识视角、研究手段迥异 ,从而形成各具特色的脏器概念。通过对中西医肝脏相关性的探讨 ,提出“肝脏调节链”的假说。

WT5BZ]By comparing the concept of liver between TCM and western medicine in pathology and physiology,some conclusions can be drawn that in TCM,liver is an entity organ according to morphology,part of the cognition of liver in the pathology and physiology also stem from that The observation of liver in pathology and physiology according to the concept that liver is an entity organ,possibly is one source of the conception and the liver organ theory of TCM is founded according to that Because of the difference in society backgrounds,the standpoints and the studying methods between TCM and western medicine,the conception of liver is formed in its own way In this article,by exploring the relationship between the liver in TCM and the concept of liver in western medicine,the hypothesis that the regulation chain controlled by liver are proposed [WT5HZ]