[Attribution between yin meridians and five zang organs in Tianhui medical slips]

Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2022 Sep 12;42(9):1053-8. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20211018-k0003.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The records in Ni Shun Wu Se Mai Zang Yan Jing Shen of Tianhui medical slips are generally viewed as the attribution between five zang organs and meridians and also have the confusion about the "absence" of "liver" and its attributive meridian. In the paper, by elaborating the contents of this medical slip, it is discovered that the statement refers to "pulsating site" specially for the diagnosis of five zang disorders and has nothing to lose. In fact, it reflects a specific stage in the construction of meridian theory, meaning "taishao yinyang" system in the connection between five zang organs and yin meridians of hand and foot.

天回医简《逆顺五色脉臧验精神》简文见:“•心出辟(臂)少阴,肺出辟(臂)大阴,肾出骭少阴,胃出足大阴。”一般认为本简论述了五脏与经脉之间的配属关系,同时会对其中“肝”及其所属经脉的阙失感到迷惑。本文通过对简文的解读,发现本简所论实为诊五脏病之“脉口”所在,且应当并无阙失,所反映的实际是经脉理论构建中的一个特定阶段——五脏与手足阴脉相联系的“太少阴阳”体系。.

Keywords: Tianhui medical slips; connection between zangfu and meridians; pulsating site; three yin meridians.

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Points
  • Foot
  • Hand
  • Lower Extremity
  • Meridians*