title: [On structure characteristics and mechanisms of channels and collaterals].
abstract: Recognition of traditional Chinese medicine for the structures of channels and collaterals is possibly related with the tactics of human early general medical study, characterized by "inner", sub-micro, entirety, etc. The mechanisms are possibly involved in direct communication pathway of the cell junction (specially keeping the relevant cellular direct communication relation in individual development), the extra-cellular matrix stress network system and its biophysical message transmission--force--meridian signs transformation--inter-cellular massage integration, and "generalization" of the structures and activities of channels and collaterals in acupuncture serum phenomenon, etc. Thus, the hypothesis of multi-factors about channel structures-mechanisms is proposed.
authors: Section of Medical Administration, Hejin Municipal Central Hospital, Shanxi Province, Hejin 043300, China. hisj512@163.com
authors: Jun-De
authors: JD
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D016740:Meridians; D019413:Qi; D015398:Signal Transduction