Study on the Formation, Characteristics and Application of the "Nine Palaces and Eight Winds" TCM Space-Time Integration View

The ancient space-time integration view is the ideological basis for the construction of the Chinese civilization system. As an important part of Chinese civilization, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combines the ancient space-time view with the human body to form a space-time view of TCM that unifies time, space and human body. The space-time integration view of "nine palaces and eight winds" as an early prototype of the space-time view of TCM is the basis for the formation and development of the space-time theory of TCM in later generations. Combining ancient and modern literature, this paper explores the formation, characteristics and application of the space-time integration view of "nine palaces and eight winds". The study found that the formation of this TCM time-space integration view is related to the ancient astronomical calendar for observing phenomena and telling time, the ancients' understanding of the time-space attributes of the human body and "wind", and the "nine palaces and eight winds" time-space view has the characteristics of combining Tao, numbers, and images, dynamics, and predictability, and it promotes the development of TCM and the inheritance of Chinese culture.