title: [Analysis on theory of meridians and acupuncture manipulation based on ancient Shushu].
abstract: The theories of Shushu in the literature of Qin and Han periods are reorganized and related expositions of foreign scholars are consulted, and Shushu theory is compared with the recordation in ancient medical books so as to probe into the relationship between Shushu and theory of meridians together with acupuncture manipulation. It is found that the eleven meridians system is the mathematical foundation of Five Shu Poits, Yuan-primary acupoints and the acupoints of all over the body, and which plays an important role in the theories of TCM. The exterior-interior relationship between viscera and meridians and circulation of ying-qi can be executed on the establishments of twelve meridians system. Shushu can affect needling instrument, needling methods, contraindications, etc. The construction of the meridians theory is full of philosophical dialectics, and it has certain subjectivity but does not influence the ancients to observe physiological phenomenon of viscera and meridians generally.
authors.affiliation: College of TCM, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 401331, China. zhuo1828@sina.com
authors.forename: Lian-shi
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zhuo
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D002681:China; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D016740:Meridians