Journal of the Korean Institute of Oriental Medical Informatics (대한한의정보학회지)

The Korea Institute of Oriental Medical Informatics (대한한의정보학회)
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A Study on the Blood-Letting Therapy of "Lingshu"

"영추경(靈樞經)" 의 사혈요법(瀉血療法)에 대한 고찰(考察)

  • Cheon, Hak-Soo (Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kwon, Hae-Kyeong (Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lee, Si-Hyeong (Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • 전학수 (원광대학교 한의학전문대학원) ;
  • 권해경 (원광대학교 한의학전문대학원) ;
  • 이시형 (원광대학교 한의학전문대학원)
  • Received : 2010.05.31
  • Accepted : 2010.06.21
  • Published : 2010.06.24
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Abstract

Lingshu, discusses acupuncture therapy in great detail. And there are many aspects in the book devoted to acupuncture, especially acupuncture description is rather and more organized. The book establishes the theory of meridians which explains the roots of meridians in details, and points out the location of acupoints and describes the standard of how to locates acupoints, sets forth nine kinds of needles and their uses. It lays thetheoretical foundation of Korean Medicine. This article could help improve the understanding of the blood-letting therapy in "Lingshu" and also paves the way for applying the therapy to treatment of the various diseases.

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