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Concept is the cornerstone of theory. Regarding the solely and historically extraordinary outstanding traditional acupuncture-moxibustion, the conceptual history research of it is the basis of understanding and recognizing acupuncture-moxibustion theory and also the root of its inheritance and development. Because of its features, it is determined that the research of the concept of traditional acupuncture-moxibustion should focus on the formation era of acupuncture-moxibustion theory, by giving the priority to its basic and core concepts. In methodology, by exploring the formation, connotation evolution and application of acupuncture-moxibustion concept, the implication is expounded so as to explain the relevant theories and deal with the issues on the theoretic construction. Such research idea differs from the target of "conceptual history" study in the West, but shares the same specific approaches. Concerning the development of acupuncture-moxibustion theoretic system, from the ancient to the modern time, as well as undergoing scientific construction, the basic significance and fundamental influence of the research of the conceptual history of acupuncture-moxibustion is growing increasingly.
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Humans , Acupuncture , Acupuncture Therapy , China , Moxibustion , WritingABSTRACT
The spiritual"circulating" "exiting and entering", and "nothing relevant with skin, flesh, tendon and bone" are the clues to understand the original intention of acupoint recorded in Lingshu (). In the paper, regarding the interpretation of these words and phrases in Shuowen Jiezi (), in combination with TCM theory, the connotations of acupoint are summarized in 4 aspects, including the essential characteristics of the changes in the antipathogenic, functional property of pathway communication, the clinical features of diagnosis and treatment and the three-dimensional structural characteristics. It is enlightened that the antipathogenicand its changes are the most essential rather than the anatomic structure of acupoint. The application of acupuncture and moxibustion acts onactivity of acupoint rather than flesh and joint. All of those mentioned above indicate the essential issues on the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion, which are significant and valuable nowadays in clinical practice.
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Ozostomia is presently a common disease or symptom. By differentiation, TCM classifies it into types of accumulation of stomach heat, blazing spleen and stomach, phlegm heat accumulated in lung, blazing heart and spleen, blood stasis inside, retention of food in the stomach, too much fire of kidney deficiency and overstrain injuring spleen. It gets good effect in treating ozostomia by differentiation of signs and symptoms.