Discussion on Specifications of “Nine Needles” inThe Internal Canon of Medicine
10.3969/j.issn.1005-5304.2014.08.003
- VernacularTitle:从术语角度探析《内经》“九针”之内涵
- Author:
Meng XU
;
Yingying ZHANG
;
Jinyan LIU
;
Qingguo LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nine needles;
The Internal Canon of Medicine;
terminology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2014;(8):7-10
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
As a normative technical term, “nine needles” appears repeatedly inThe Internal Canon of Medicine, in which Miraculous Pivot set theNine Needles and Twelve Source Acupoints as the first passage. Therefore, the significance of “nine needles” is evident. This article expounded “nine needles” from the following six aspects:the origin, the name, the types, the functions, the use and the application, with a purpose to standardize the contents of “nine needles”, and analyse the connotation.
