Briefly Discuss on the Philosophize of Meridian Research英文文献资料.docVIP

Chinese Medicine, 2010, 1, 43-44 doi:10.4236/cm.2010.12008 Published Online September 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/cm) Briefly Discuss on the Philosophize of Meridian Research Lianhai Wei, Shuhua Xiao Tianjin University of TCM—The College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China E-mail: {xiaoshuhua129, weilhai001}@163.com Received June 16, 2010; revised August 9, 2010; accepted August 16, 2010 Abstract Meridian theory is an important part of the TCM system. Since 1950s, we have already studied the essence of meridian for more than a half century, but there was no substantive progress. In this article the author point that, in order to determine the concept and scope of meridian, it’s necessary to have a briefly discussion on the philosophize of meridian research, and the most important is the Meridian research in future should be multi-angle, multi-level, three-dimensional and so on. Keywords: Essence of Meridian, Philosophize, Study of Three-Dimensional 1. Introduction Wang said that the meridian research in biological field had made rapid progress at abroad. Meridian theory is an important part of the TCM system, which studies human physiological functions and patho- logical changes of Meridian, as well as the relationship between it and the viscera. Meridian theory has guided the diagnosis and treatment of TCM for thousand years, and it has made significant contribution to the people of the world .Meridian research, or exactly providing tradi- tional meridian theory a modern explanation, is an un- avoidable problem in the process of internationalization of TCM, while thoughts and methods of scientific re- search is the key to success, therefore it’s necessary for us to do some philosophical thinking about meridian re- search.. 3. Object of Meridian Research In the book “Outline of the History of Chinese Acu- puncture” [2], Professor Huang Longxiang indicated that the quintessence of meri