从古代数术看经脉长度与营气流注

Analysis on length of meridians and ebb-flow of ying-qi based on ancient Shushu

对秦汉文献中有关数术的理论进行梳理,参考国外学者关于古代人类思维方式的论述,并将其与中医典籍中有关经脉长度和营气流注的记载进行对照,以探讨数术与这些记载之间的关系。结果发现经脉长度和营气流注完全符合数术的原理,即经脉的长短尺寸和营气的流注度数均由数术演绎而成,其目的在于建立起天人之间密不可分的感应联系。鉴于数术之无法验证,对于营气流注的研究不宜采用现代实证科学的方法。

the theories of Shushu in the literature of Qin and Han periods are reorganized and expositions of foreigner scholars about ancient way of thought are consulted, and compared with the recordation about the ebb-flow of ying-qi and the length of meridians in ancient medical books to probe into the relationship between Shushu and these recordation. It is found that the ebb-flow of ying-qi and the length of meridians are completely conform with the principle of Shushu, i.e. the ebb-flow degrees of ying-qi and the length of meridians all are deduced from Shushu for building the close inseparable response relation between nature and humans. Because Shushu can not be verified, modern scientific methods are not suitable to the study on the ebb-flow of ying-qi.