“经络系统”刍议

Different View on "Meridian System"

从理论上探讨了"经络系统"一词的实际内涵。认为"经络系统"的主要功能是运行气血,因此其组成部分必须都是中空的结构。提出"经络系统"不应该包括十二经筋和十二皮部,而是由十二经脉、奇经八脉、十二经别、十五络脉、孙络、浮络和气街、四海等中空的结构共同组成。

This paper theoretically discussed the actual content of the"Meridian System".Since the major function of the "Meridian System" is to move the "Qi" and Blood,the channel which the "Qi" and Blood pass by must be mid-empty.Therefore the "Meridian System" should not include the Twelve Muscle Regions and the Twelve Cutaneous Regions,but by the Twelve Meridians,Eight Extra-meridians,Twelve Divergent Meridians,Fifteen Collaterals,Tiny Collaterals,Float Collaterals and Qi Streets,Four Seas,which are mid-empty in t...