血管区理论对经穴结构研究的启示

Revelation of angiosome theory in the study of meridian point structure

经穴和血管区是两个分属不同医学体系且时隔千年的概念。以血管区概念比较《黄帝内经》的经穴结构特征,发现血管区和经穴均分布于头面、躯干、四肢部位,同为复合组织立体结构,其关键结构均为运行血液的血脉且相关脉管的分级亦均存在对等关系。经穴和血管区均呈节段性分布,其中穿支血管和经穴在数量上非常接近。通过分析表明二者在人体结构方面存在着高度的相似性,进而发现对血管区的研究成果不仅有益于对经穴传统文献的解读,而且有利于使用现代科技对经穴的结构形态进行深入研究。

Meridian point and angiosome are the concepts in two different medical systems with a thousand year in between.In comparison between the angiosome concept and the meridian point structure characteristics in Huangdi Neijing(Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic),it is found that angiosome and meridian point are distributed in the head,face,trunk and four limbs.Both of them are the complex tissues of stereostructure.The essential structure of them is the vessel for blood circulation and the relevant vascular grades are of equity relationship.Both meridian point and angiosome are distributed segmentally and the number of perforator vessels is very near to that of meridian points.It is indicated on the basis of analysis that both of them are of high similarity in terms of human body structure and it is further discovered that the study achievement on angiosome not only benefits the understanding of traditional literature of meridian point,but also contributes to the deep research on the structural morphology of meridian point in terms of modern science and technology.