: the extension of acupuncture and moxibustion theory on the exerting site of treatment / 中国针灸

It is common to use acupuncture and moxibustion at unspecified area on the skin, however, its theoretical improvement is little compared with the specified area such as acupoint. The concept of originated from the discussion regarding the function and significance of the crossing of minute collateral and . Based on the in-depth analysis of relevant texts, it is believed that its content and nature should belong to the theoretical understanding of acupuncture at unspecified area; moreover, the correlation and differences of theory and expression between and acupoint is analyzed from the perspective of acupuncture treatment location. The discussion on is theoretical improvement of acupuncture treatment experience at unspecified area, which should become the resource of acupuncture theoretical construction, and enrich the understanding of the law and essence of acupuncture stimulation on the body surface.

Revelation of angiosome theory in the study of meridian point structure / 中国针灸

Meridian point and angiosome are the concepts in two different medical systems with a thousand year in between. In comparison between the angiosome concept and the meridian point structure characteristics in(), it is found that angiosome and meridian point are distri-buted in the head, face, trunk and four limbs. Both of them are the complex tissues of stereostructure. The essential structure of them is the vessel for blood circulation and the relevant vascular grades are of equity relationship. Both meridian point and angiosome are distributed segmentally and the number of perforator vessels is very near to that of meridian points. It is indicated on the basis of analysis that both of them are of high similarity in terms of human body structure and it is further discovered that the study achievement on angiosome not only benefits the understanding of traditional literature of meridian point, but also contributes to the deep research on the structural morphology of meridian point in terms of modern science and technology.