Explaining the nature of external treatment in Chinese medicine from the perspective of meridian qi

Meridian theory is an important part of the theoretical system of the motherland medicine, as early as in the “Ling Shu. Meridians”, it is pointed out that “the twelve meridians, the reason why people are born, the reason why the disease becomes, the reason why people are treated, the reason why the disease starts, the beginning of learning, the work stops.” It has been guiding the clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion in Chinese medicine and other disciplines for thousands of years, and has important theoretical significance in terms of its physiological functions and pathological changes, as well as in diagnosis and treatment. The Spiritual Pivot. Sea” said: “the twelve meridians, internal belongs to the viscera, outside the joints in the limbs”; that the meridians is the human body to run blood, contact viscera, communication inside and outside, through the upper and lower path, but also in and out of the path of disease. Meridian is an extension of the viscera, and the meridian gas from the viscera, viscera gas through the meridian gas through each other, the meridian gas involved in disease pathology and transformation of each process, the development of any disease is closely related to the changes in the meridian gas, therefore, Chinese medicine lesions in the treatment of the key to adjusting the body’s viscera of the meridian gas. At present, the clinical commonly used Chinese medicine external treatment method mainly has the patch method, foaming method, ironing method, injection method, moxibustion therapy, drops, bath, nasal therapy, enema and scraping, cupping, blood, massage and other therapies, in general, these external treatment method is mainly with drugs or physical methods, through a variety of ways to adjust the human body lesions of the internal organs of the meridian gas to ultimately achieve the purpose of treatment of disease. First, with needles and so on, is to adjust the gas Meridian gas refers to the gas running through the meridians. The human body is the category of positive gas. As early as in the Jing has determined the adjustment of the meridian gas in the acupuncture clinic in an important position. For example: “Ling Shu Jing Shui” said: “its treatment with needles, each adjusting its meridian qi”. Spiritual Pivot prick section of true evil”: “with needles and so on, is to adjust the qi”. Spiritual center nine needle twelve original” said: “prick to, gas to and effective”. Spiritual Pivot End and Beginning” said: “Where the stabbing to be, the gas adjustment and stop”. Spiritual Pivot Gong can” said: “review in the adjustment of gas”. The spiritual center nine needles twelve original ” said:” stabbed and gas does not come, do not ask its number; stabbed and gas to is to go do not repeat needle “. The Suwen clutch true evil” said: “…… quiet to stay for a long time, to gas to the reason …… to make the God gas to save, the atmosphere to stay stop, so the order is said to make up”. The Spiritual Pivot End and Beginning “:” its pulse disorganized gas dispersion, against its Yingwei, the meridian gas is not times, and thus stabbing the …… is said to be out of gas.” The labeling of the “Pantheon Fugue” said: “gas quickly to the quick effect, gas late to the non-cure. The Golden Needle Fugue” said: “gas fast effect quickly, gas late effect late, wait not to, will die. It can be seen that qi is not only the key to acupuncture treatment of disease, it also has an important theoretical significance for other external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Second, where the twelve meridians and veins, the skin of the Department of the twelve meridians is the main component of the meridian system, the main characteristics of the twelve meridians are: the distribution of each meridian site has a certain pattern; each meridian has internal organs, with the external network of the limbs and joints of the two parts of the composition; each meridian is attached to a viscera, in the viscera and viscera, between the table (viscera), in (organs) the mutual relationship; each meridian in the surface of the body have a specific Each meridian has a specific distribution of acupuncture points on the surface of the body. Each meridian in the meridian qi pathological changes will occur when its special syndrome group, so it is necessary to clarify the distribution of meridian qi laws and characteristics. Suwen? Pi Department Theory” said: “Pi has a division”; “Pi, the pulse of the Department also”, “where the twelve meridians and veins, the Department of Pi also”. The Department of the skin is the twelve meridians and their affiliated channels in the skin surface of the partition, but also the twelve meridians of the spread of the gas is located. As the meridians connected to the five viscera and bowels, scattered in the “12 skin”, communicating the relationship between the body surface and internal organs, so we can according to the specific circumstances, through the dialectical selection of points, with a variety of ways (such as acupuncture, gua sha, etc.) to stimulate the skin related points in order to adjust the human body of the meridian qi to ultimately achieve the effect of the treatment of disease. In addition to the meridians also in the five nine orifices between the gathering of the composition of the veins and tendons, constitute the “eye system”, “ear system”, “nose system”, “Zong筋 “and so on, and this is where the meridian gas convergence, close to the internal organs and the five senses nine orifices of the connection. Such as the ear related meridians are foot yangming stomach meridian “on the ear before”, the hand sun small intestine meridian “but into the ear”, the foot sun bladder meridian “from the top of the ear to the upper corner”, the hand shaoyang Sanjiao meridian “behind the ear”, “up out of the upper angle of the ear”, “from the back of the ear into the ear, out of the ear in front of the”, so the ear has a “clan vein of the collection of the Therefore, the ear is the “gathering place of the veins”. Because the ear through the meridian and the whole body viscera meridian gas are linked, so the ear is a small holographic if the internal organs have disease can be in the ear of the corresponding acupuncture points to adjust the meridian gas to achieve the purpose of treatment of disease. Third, the meridians, so can determine the death and life, at the disease, adjusting the real and virtual, can not be blocked. As early as in the “Ling Shu meridian” pointed out: “meridian, so decided to life and death, at the disease, adjusting the real and virtual, can not be blocked”; <> said: “the meridians, line blood, through the yin and yang, in order to glorify the body also.” This summarizes the importance of the meridian system in physiology, pathology and disease prevention. The reason why the human body qi and blood can reach all parts of the body to play a role, and meridian qi infusion is closely related to whether or not the smooth. Clinically we can according to the specific condition, for individual, with a variety of physical methods (such as: cupping, massage, moxibustion therapy, etc.) on the lesions of the local treatment, dredge the relevant meridians of the meridian qi to achieve the purpose of treatment of disease. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine said: “the meridians are impassable; the disease was born in the unkindness, the treatment of massage”, “the Spiritual Pivot prick section of the true evil” said: “the blood in the veins, condensation and stay stop, Fo’s fire adjustments, Fo can take it”, “the Spiritual Pivot forbidden to take” is also clouded: “trapped under the person, the pulse blood knot in the middle, blood cold, so it is appropriate to moxibustion”. Modern medicine believes that cupping, massage, moxibustion therapy regulates the human body’s vascular diastolic, contractile function and vascular permeability, can effectively improve blood circulation, promote metabolism, dredge the meridians and enhance the body’s ability to fight diseases. Fourth, the external treatment of the rationale that the internal treatment of the rationale, the external treatment of the drug that the internal treatment of the drug, the difference between the law of the ear Chinese medicine external treatment method began with the “Neijing”, formed in the Zhongjing, the development of the division machine. Qing Dynasty physician Wu Shiji that “the essence of grass and trees, boiled for the soup, take its flavor? Actually take its gas only. …… change the soup for thin paste, from its outside and its inside, also take its gas.” And that “external treatment method can collect the benefits of the soup and no harm,” and the first time clearly put forward “the reason for external treatment, that is, the reason for internal treatment; external treatment of medicine that is the internal treatment of medicine, the difference between the ear, the law [1].” According to Chinese medicine, the mechanism of transdermal absorption of drugs is nothing more than meridian conduction and skin penetration [2]. Therefore, the choice of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine should still follow the principle of diagnosis and treatment, and at the same time, with the use of pungent and invigorating and activating the meridians and channels of the product, the ultimate goal is to make the drug through various ways or means to play a role in adjusting the effect of the body’s meridians and qi. According to Chinese medicine, acupoints are the parts of the body where the qi of the internal organs gather and come in and out of the body surface, and the acupoints are the places where the qi and blood of the internal organs converge[3] . Drugs can be stimulated through a variety of ways (such as acupoint injection, acupoint patch, etc.) specific acupoints, medicinal gas through the conduction of the meridians to reach the diseased internal organs, in order to adjust the human body’s internal organs and meridians of the gas. In addition, the drug can also penetrate the skin and mucous membranes (such as herbal enema, nasal therapy), the drug gas through the conduction of the meridians to reach the diseased viscera, so that the diseased viscera of the meridian gas can be adjusted and restored, and ultimately to achieve the purpose of treatment of disease.