title: [Preliminary discussion on the theory of body physiognomy in the Huangdineijing (Huangdi's Inner Classic)].
abstract: There are so many discussions on the body physiognomy in Huangdineijing (Huangdi's Inner Classic) that include not only the description of both difference of body physiognomy and its reasons, but also the discussions on physiological and pathological characteristics of different body physiognomy traits. Different physiological and pathological characteristics lead to different applicable therapeutic methods, so that Huangdineijing discusses the applicable therapeutic methods to different body physiognomy characteristics, especially elaborating on the difference between applicable acupuncture manipulation to those characteristics. Contents such as the above form the embryonic form of the theory of body physiognomy in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
authors.affiliation: The China institute for history of medicine and medical literature, China academy of Chinese medical sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Jing-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D010826:Physiognomy