title: [Study on the theory of "selection of distal acupoints"].
abstract: The meridians belong to zang-fu organs inside and connect with the extremities outside. They keep information exchange among different tissues and make various organs of the human body as an organic whole. If the meridians are blocked and the information exchange makes mistake, the body will produce pathologic changes. Because the location of the blocked part is difficult to identify, in this paper it is explained that selection of distal acupoints is the best way to dredge the nodes of disease, and the theoretical basis is closely related with the theories of "the root cause and symptoms of a disease", "Genjie", and "Jing, Xing, Shu, Jing, He", and also implies the thought of "to cure a disease must treat the root of the disease".
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Haikou 570102, China.
authors.forename: Jian-qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kong-jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D016740:Meridians