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| Explaining “when encountering diseases that fluctuate between getting better and worse, choosing shu points” from the perspective of defense qi in Yellow Emperor’s Nei Jing |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1673-9043.2024.10.01 |
| Key Words
fluctuate between getting better and worse;shu point;defense qi;Yellow Emperor’s Nei Jing;Nan Jing |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | CHEN Buqun | School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China | | | LI Rui | School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China | tingxuezhai@126.com | | QIU Weijie | School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China | |
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| Abstract
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| “When encountering diseases that fluctuate between getting better and worse，choosing shu points” is one of the contents related to the usage of the five shu points in Yellow Emperor’s Nei Jing. This article attempts to explore its meaning from the perspective of defense qi. The “Jianshen” of a disease refers to the severity of the disease，which is an external manifestation of the struggle between healthy qi and pathogenic qi. Defense qi is often regarded as an aspect of healthy qi because of its ability to defend against externalpathogenic and also has a greater influence on the changes in the severity of the disease. Due to its own circulation pattern，the repeated contact and dispersion of defense qi and pathogenic qi is an important reason for the fluctuation of the severity of the disease. Because of its unique position on the wrist and ankle joints and its wide range of treatments based on the “unity of shu and yuan”，shu points is an important acupoint for regulating defense qi and treating “fluctuate between getting better and worse” diseases. “When encountering diseases that fluctuate between getting better and worse，choosing shu points.”Current theories and clinical research are rarely related to defense qi. After exploration，it is mainly due to the changes in the defense qi system in the Nan Jing，which reduces the function of defense qi. It influenced the thinking of later generations，causing the relationship between “when encountering diseases that fluctuate between getting better and worse，choosing shu points” and defense qi to be lost in history. |
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