Exploration of the Evolution Process of Channels Theory Based on Medical Materials Excavated from Han Tombs
10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2024.22.001
- VernacularTitle:基于汉墓出土医学材料的经脉理论演变过程探析
- Author:
Chenyao SUN
1
;
Qicheng ZHANG
2
Author Information
1. Peking University，Beijing，100091
2. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
channels theory;
excavated material;
Mawangdui Han Tomb;
Tianhui medical bamboo slips;
three yin and three yang paradigms;
pericardium
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;65(22):2281-2286
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Through combing and analysing the Silk Texts of Hand-Foot-11-Channels by Moxibustion （《足臂十一脉灸经》） and Yin-Yang-11-Channels by Moxibustion （A and B） （《阴阳十一脉灸经》） unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb， the second part of The Book of Vessels （《脉书》） unearthed from the Zhangjiashan Han Tomb， The Vessels Book-Second Part （《脉书·下经》） in Tianhui medical bamboo slips and the fragmentary text of the Channels （《经脉》） and the painted channel portrait unearthed from the Laoguanshan Han Tomb， and the lacquered wooden human body's model of channels unearthed from the Shuangbaoshan Han Tomb， it is argued that the channels starts from the arm jueyin channel which was missing in the early literature of channels， instead of the the hand jueyin pericardium channel， and then argues progressively. It is proposed that the arm jueyin channel in the early meridian literature may have been purposely omitted， that the three yin and three yang paradigms that prevails nowadays has experienced the interchange of the positions of taiyin and jueyin， and that the correspondences between visceral manifestation and the three yin and three yang are derived from the channels theory， and that the pericardium corresponds to the solid organ of the heart， and that the cognitive model of the channels theory has been briefly analysed， which can provide references to the related research.
