八脉交会穴概念术语考

Study on the term of eight confluent points

为能明确八脉交会穴概念内涵,准确定义术语,系统考查了古今相关文献。发现其术语几经变化,初名交经八穴,后称经脉交会八穴、八脉交会八穴、八法交会八穴等,简称八法交会、八法穴,简略如八会、八法、八穴等,异名众多,时见混用,亦或误为《难经》八会穴。今称八脉交会穴,则奇经由所交会经脉(对象)变为主体属性,八穴变为奇经交会的对象,概念已然变化。

In order to understand the connotation and the implication of the eight confluent points,relative modern and ancient literatures were studied systematically.It is discovered that the term of eight confluent points changed several times in its developing history.The term is called as Jiaojing Baxue in the very beginning,and later Jingmai Jiaohui Baxue,Bamai Jiaohui Baxue,Bafa Jiaohui Baxue,etc.Its short terms can be seen as Bafa Jiaohui and Bafaxue.Other names even shorter can be Bahui,Bafa and Baxue,etc.The above mentioned names are mixed during their application,and it is also once misunderstood as the concept of Bahuixue in Classic on Medical Problems.It is named as eight confluent points nowadays,and the extra meridians changed from the target meridians which are being intersected with into the major subject in the confluence.While the eight points changed from the main body of confluence into the object of intersection,which indicated that the concept has already changed.