Ping Hua1, Hu Lü, Lin Yuan, Lei Tang. 1. Medical College of Nanchang University, Jiangxi 300006, China. huaping3168@163.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To summarize 4 schools of thought in studies of meridians. METHODS: Consult literature and review the history of studies of meridians. RESULTS: The studies of meridians in the past dozens years at home and abroad have gradually formed four main theories, namely the nerve-conduction meridian theory of neurophysiology, body fluid circulation meridian theory of the physio-biochemistry, bio-field meridian theory of biophysics, and the connective tissue structure meridian theory of the overall-gap viewpoint, which are summarized and analyzed.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize 4 schools of thought in studies of meridians. METHODS: Consult literature and review the history of studies of meridians. RESULTS: The studies of meridians in the past dozens years at home and abroad have gradually formed four main theories, namely the nerve-conduction meridian theory of neurophysiology, body fluid circulation meridian theory of the physio-biochemistry, bio-field meridian theory of biophysics, and the connective tissue structure meridian theory of the overall-gap viewpoint, which are summarized and analyzed.