Cognitive-based Study of Conceptual Metaphor of Etiology and Pathogenesis of "Stroke Disease"
基于认知的“中风病”病因病机概念隐喻研究

This paper was aimed to study the theory of etiology and pathogenesis of "stroke disease" in the context of cognitive science. By collection and analysis of theoretical literature of etiology and pathogenesis of "stroke disease," we have tried to discuss its metaphorical characteristics, and the cognitive root source of diverse origin domain of conceptual metaphor of etiology and pathogenesis of "stroke disease." It was concluded that the theory of etiology and pathogenesis of "stroke disease" is a kind of Chinese medicine constructed theory which is based on a series of "wind" conceptual metaphors. The uniqueness of the experience of physicians had formed differences of cognitive structure, which had eventually led to the diversity of metaphorical cognition of "stroke disease".