希波克拉底经脉脉络

The hippocratic meridian network

文章节选自希波克拉底"人类自然"的第11章有关经络的精彩描述。1)一个经络系统包含4对经脉循行。2)经络系统布有腧穴。3)希波克拉底把治疗方法称作"放血疗法",上述非常重要且类似于针灸理论。重点指出的是这种古希腊与中医学的相关性在今后的工作和研究中也是非常重要的。希望以此文激励中医学者深入研究两种文化之间的关系,会发现两种古代文化的密切联系远比我们现在知道的多。

This article was selected from some wonderful descriptions about chanel and collateral in 1 lth chapter of the book ＂On hu- man nature＂ written by Hippocrates. They are： 1） One channel （meridian） system consisted of four pairs of channels （meridians）; 2） Points are located on this channel system; 3） Hippocrates calls his therapeutic technique as ＂blood-letting therapeutic technique＂. All the above were very important and very similar to acupuncture theory. It should be emphasized that the similarities between the Ancient Greek and traditional Chinese medicine were very important for the future work and research. The author hoped that after reading this article scholars in TCM would deeply study this correlation of these two cultures and find the close relationship much more than what we know mow.