從“厥陰脈”概念的形成過程看經(jīng)絡學說的意義與價值

In the present paper, the author systematically investigates the formation process of "Foot-Jueyin Meridian" from the ancient literature and puts forward his viewpoint on the scientific value of meridian-collateral theory, that is, the true connotations of this theory lie in the meridian-bound empirical evidence and the deduced basic regularities of mutual connections among different parts of the body surface and interrelation between the body surface and the corresponding internal organs, rather than those simple twelve meridian lines. Abundant data show that "Shidong Bing" of the Foot-JueyinMeridian is referred to symptoms and signs of scrotal hernia. In accordance with the characters of the affected locaton of scrotal hernia and the related experience of diagnosis and treatment in acu-moxibustion clinic, the Chinese ancient medical experts summed up a set of connection regularities of Foot-Jueyin Meridian that starts from the dorsum of foot and goes up to the anteropudendal region, the lower abdomen, and to the waist region (or tongue), etc.. The so-called "Foot-Jueyin Meridian" is the ancient