Development and future application of the Mibyou Score
- VernacularTitle:未病スコアの開発と今後の応用 未病知が鍼灸を持続可能にする
- Author:
Taro TOMURA
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- Keywords: Mibyou Score; Knowledge of Mibyou; Youjou(Regimen); Expansion of one's field of work; Preventive medicine
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 2023;73(4):228-233
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Most acupuncture and moxibustion treatments are for indefinite complaints, or so-called "Mibyou". Therefore, it is natural that "Pattern," the Oriental medical diagnosis, differs from person to person. Unfortunately, the general public, accustomed to Western medicine, may think that "any place to stimulate is the same" because different acupuncture points are used for the same symptoms, and acupuncturists themselves are largely responsible for not having explained and studied the evaluation criteria for "Pattern". In the development of the Mibyou Score (Five Viscera Score), the aim was to eliminate as much as possible the influence of "Pattern" that varies from acupuncturist to acupuncturist, and to objectify and standardize the system by combining "multiple" indefinite complaints, even if "one" indefinite complaint could not be evaluated. Now, the government is emphasizing the use of the concept of "Mibyou" in Oriental medicine for the health of the people. It will be effective only when each citizen knows his or her own "Mibyou" and connects it to Youjou (Regimen). The study of acupuncture and moxibustion must not only " effect" the disease, but also "evaluate" the Mibyou. This will expand the field of activities of acupuncture and moxibustion practitioners.
