The Channel Branches & Network Vessels on the Tianhui Lacquered Meridian Figurine——Taking the Heart-Regulated Channel as an Example  

作　　者：ZHOU Qi Lena Springer 

机构地区：[1]Institute for the History of Chinese Medicine and Medical Literature,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing 100700,China [2]Department for Theology and Religious Studies,King’s College London,London WC2B 6NR,United Kingdom [3]Institute of Chinese Su Folk Culture Studies,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610065,China

出　　处：《Chinese Medicine and Culture》2024年第3期222-232,共11页中医药文化（英文版）

基　　金：one of the stage results of the Science and Technology Innovation Project (CI2021A00413) of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine。

摘　　要：Along with the surge of unearthed medical literature and cultural relics in recent years,a network of channels in the system of medical conduit vessels(meridians) during the early Western Han dynasty has become much clearer gradually.In it,the increasing number of channel branches,network vessels and needle insertion holes(acupoints) is an important feature of the development of channel medicine during the Western Han dynasty.This is not only a reflection of the expanding requirements of the theoretical system of the main trunk channels and other vessels,but also an inevitable result of the continuous enrichment and accumulation of clinical experience.This article integrates the information about channel branches,network vessels,inscriptions,dots and further relics on the Tianhui(天回) Lacquered Meridian Figurine to compare the unearthed literature of the channel genre with the transmitted classical literature about acupuncture.The “Heart-Regulated Channel” in Medical Manuscripts on Bamboo Slips from Tianhui(《天回医简》) serves as an example to explain the occurrence,development and changes of the channel branches and network vessels in the early system of medical channels.

关 键 词：Tianhui Lacquered Meridian Figurine(天回髹漆经脉人像) Tianhui Medicine Slips Heart-Regulated Channel(心主之脉) Channel branches Network channels 

分 类 号：R2-03[医药卫生—中医学]