The present paper stresses its importance in academic research and introduces some methods for identifying them correctly. It results in confusion in acu-moxibustion academia. Because they are very similar in outline, and people now have seldom seen the typical ancient meridian diagrams, meridian-acupoint diagrams have been being incorrectly considered to be the meridian diagrams for a long time. In acu-moxibustion literature, there are two kinds of diagrams, meridian-acupoint diagrams and meridian diagrams. It is sincerely hoped that this series of review articles can promote an understanding of the meridian system and acupuncture mechanisms to help patients in a logical and passionate way. Parts 2 and 3 will review the possible mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia and acupuncture therapies, respectively, based on biochemical, bioelectromagnetic, chaotic wave, and neurophysiologic approaches. This theory is then applied to characterize the essence of the meridian system. To establish a mathematically rigorous framework of TCM, the chaotic wave theory of fractal continuum is proposed. Part 1 reviews the current indications for acupuncture, basic concepts of TCM, and the essence of the meridian system. This is the first of a three- part series that aims to provide a comparative review of the aforementioned topics. A plausible mechanism has been unavailable until recently.
Most of these mechanisms, however, cannot yet explain conclusively why acupuncture is efficacious in treating so many different diseases. Over the past few decades, various theories of the meridian system and mechanisms have been proposed to explain how acupuncture might work.
Due to its efficacy, acupuncture has been recommended by the World Health Organization in 1980 as an effective alternative therapy for 43 different disorders. Part 1: The meridian systemĭirectory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)įull Text Available In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM, acupuncture has been used to heal various diseases and physiologic malfunctions in clinical practice for more than 2500 years. The meridian system and mechanism of acupuncture—A comparative review.
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