With the "New Theory of Qi and Blood" published in "

Modern Clinical Chinese Medicine

"

the importance of Qi and blood has attracted more and more attention in academic circles

but the status of Qi and blood in traditional Chinese medicine has not been fully explained and further research is needed. Indicators are commonly used methods for measuring and observing targets

and they are the angle of observation of health and disease in modern medicine. There has been no clear index concept in traditional Chinese medicine previously. This article holds that qi and blood are the core of the core theory of traditional Chinese medicine

and are the main observation indicators and main grasping methods of traditional Chinese medicine. This article attempts to explain this from the following four aspects. Firstly

the relationship between Qi

blood and the core theories of traditional Chinese medicine such as yin and yang

the five elements

visceral manifestation

meridian

etc. is analyzed.Secondly

the status of Qi and blood in the four diagnosis methods of observation

hearing

inquiry

and pulse-taking is explained. In addition

Qi and blood from a clinical perspective as the main focus of TCM clinical practice are analyzed. Qi and blood are scattered in various organs and parts

and are composed of a variety of small indicators. TCM practitioners use different senses to collect them to form indicator groups. The modernization of traditional Chinese medicine can not only be satisfied with the description of the body’s Qi and blood state

but also needs to use modern technologies to accurately quantify Qi and blood to better serve the scientific research and clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine.