Location of disease: acupoint view from the angle of clinic.
- Author:
Jian-Bin ZHANG
;
Yang-Yang ZOU
;
Guang-Yong HU
;
Jiu-Long WU
;
Jie-Jing BAI
;
Shu-Jian ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Points;
Acupuncture Therapy;
history;
China;
History, Ancient;
Humans;
Medicine in Literature;
Meridians
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2014;34(12):1197-1202
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Doctor WANG Zhi-zhong in the Southern Song Dynasty proposed the acupoint view of "location of disease", which explained the connotation of acupoints from the angle of clinic. Its meaning included two levels, one level meant pathological change on the body surface, that was the location of acupuncture diagnosis-treatment, and the other one indicated that the body surface which was the reflecting point of pathological change on the distal area or inside the body was the location of acupuncture diagnosis-treatment. The specific connotations of clinical acupoints were: location of pathogenic factors or reflection of pathogenic factors, regularity between acupoints un- der disease and specific organ, morphological differences and positioning variability after acupoints under disease, and acupoints examination, diagnosis and treatment.
