[Characteristics of acupuncture in Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Febrile Diseases)].
Through summarization and analysis on etiology, pathology and acupoint selection in chapters about acupuncture in Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Febrile Diseases), written by ZHANG Zhong-jing, famous physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty, five features of acupuncture in the book are concluded: to cut off the pathway of pathogenic factors to prevent progress of diseases; to adopt both acupuncture and herbal medicine to give full play to their respective advantages in treatment; to distinguish pathogenesis carefully and select the proper acupoints; to observe the progressing tendency of diseases to give treatment accordingly; and to understand that yang channels are appropriate for acupuncture, while yin channels can also be selected in treatment. In this way, the law of acupuncture of ZHANG Zhong-jing is expected to be better understood.
Zeng
Zi-Yu
ZY
School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing University of CM, Beijing 100029, China. teleskyacu@yahoo.com.tw
Chen
Shu-Kai
SK
Guo
Chang-Qing
CQ
Liu
Nai-Gang
NG
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002681:China; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature