A study of yin-yang dualism and hachikobensyo in relation to eight parts of the human body. 1 / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

In order to observe how Hachiko changes according to diseases or Sho, the adequacy of the eight parts of the body was examined in the 2200 cases who visited the Institute for Oriental Medicine in Nagoya. The Hachiko consisted of the eight parts of the human body divided into up and down, right and left, and front and back according to Yin-Yang dualism. Electrical skin resistance was measured at the terminal points using a Motoyama's measuring apparatus for the function of the meridians and the organs. Sho was determined by the diagnosis of oriental medicine. The skin resistance was applied to each of the eight parts and each average ratio of the 2200 cases was determined. The results showed the well-balanced distribution of each part's average ratio of the 2200 cases. Corresponding to the Yin-Yang theory, in which a well-balanced Yin-Yang condition is regarded as a normal physiological state, these results suggested the adequacy and importance of the Yin-Yang theory.