Evolvement of the expression of fourteen-meridian-acupoint verse and its content / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

Through summarizing the meridian verses and acupoint verses of fourteen meridians, in views of the expression mode and content evolvement, the academic characteristics of fourteen-meridian-acupoint verse were discussed. Regarding the expression mode, three are the meridian based verse and the location-meridian based verse. Regarding the content evolvement, the changes in the basic content, the numbers of meridian points and the sequence of points distribution were reflected at different stages during the development of meridian and point theory. The fourteen-meridian-acupoint verse is easily to be recited due to its language characteristics. It plays an active role in the promotion of the verse during the development of meridian and point theory and provides the reference to the study on the meridian and point theory and acupuncture education.