title: [Differentiation and analysis on "keeping vitality"].
abstract: Precise meaning of "keeping vitality" of acupuncture in Lingshujing * Nine Needling and Twelve origins is explained from the word source of "vitality", holding that "vitality" here is recognition of the ancients for delicate changes of pulse, and essence of "keeping vitality" is the course of understanding changes of qi and blood by pulse-taking.
authors.affiliation: The Second Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of TCM, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China. njrb@163.com
authors.forename: Shu-Jian
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D019413:Qi