title: [The historical change of meanings about "Guan-Ge"].
abstract: The meaning of Guan-Ge has changed through history. Former research about Guan-Ge incorporated a mixture of some meanings, so it has been difficult to realize this concept. Therefore, this time I have tried to neglect this mixture by using a method of investigation in which the main books that are representative of the age have been considered individually. The definitions of all the classical literature about Guan-Ge have been clarified by this method. In spite of the fact that in the ancient era Guan-Ge meant a dying disease, after SHANG HAN LUN it was changed to mean a curable disease. The change of definition is as follows; at first it was a difficulty of urination and vomiting, secondly was a difficulty of urination and defecation, and at last the element of abdominal pain was added.
authors.affiliation: Kotaka Clinic for Integrated Medicine.
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotaka
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000266:history; D016638:Critical Illness; D003672:Defecation; D006666:History of Medicine; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014554:Urination; D014839:Vomiting