Study on the indications of acupoints presented in verses of acupuncture and moxibustion / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the indications of acupoints presented in the verses of acupuncture and moxibustion. In order to redress the distorts and misunderstanding occurred during the process of the recording, impartment and re-creation of these verses, this paper proposes several ways for systematizing and studying the indications of acupoints presented in the verses of acupuncture and moxibustion, including (1) the use of annotation of the verses; (2) comparison between literatures of same origin; (3) tracing the original literature; (4) comparison with acupoint literature; (5) application of digital literature system. This paper illustrates that multi-methods should be adopted in this research, and only by these, it is possible to better understand and inherit the legacy in verses on acupuncture and moxibustion.