title: [Research on comprehensive methods of acupoint indications in The Yellow Emperor's Mingtang Classic].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the comprehensive methods of acupoint indications in The Yellow Emperor's Mingtang Classic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on The Yellow Emperor's Mingtang Classic recovered and edited by Prof. HUANG Long-xiang, the characteristics of acupoint indications in The Yellow Emperor's Mingtang Classic was analyzed. On this basis and in combination with typical examples, it was mainly analyzed how to correctly understand the original intention and meaning of acupoint indications in The Yellow Emperor's Mingtang Classic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To understand acupoint indications in The Yellow Emperor's Mingtang Classic, it should be taken apart layer upon layer successively, and then identify four contents: acupuncture prescriptions and acupoint indications, different components of acupoint indications, syndrome groups, names of diseases and symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. bjsuyun2004@sina.com
authors.forename: Su-yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Long-xiang
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*