• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.123-132
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• 2000

The following results were obtained through studies related to bao(胞). 1 Bao(胞) is also called as uterus, zizang(子臟), baogong(胞宮), xieshi(血室), dantian(丹田), mingmen(命門), baomen(胞門), and guanyuan(關元). It is one of the extraordinary organs. Both of man and woman have it. 2 Man controls qi(氣), so dantian(丹田) which is considered xieshi(血室) for man doesn't have it's own shape and woman controls blood so xieshi(血室) has it's own shape. 3 Bao(胞) is in front of rectum, back of bladder, between guanyuan(關元) and 氣海. shape of 女子胞 is up side down triangle, the lower one branch is neck of uterus and the upper two branches are oviduct. Inside of Bao(胞) is vacant. 4 Bao(胞) is the origin of making essence and blood, and the place of completing essence, energy, and spirit(精氣神). Bao(胞) controls menstruation and also conceives and brings up embryo in woman. 5 Bao(胞) is related with channels of Du, Ren, Chong, and Dai directly and also related with twelve main meridians. Especially channels of Ren, and Chong control Bao(胞) the most importantly. 6 Bao(胞) is related with kidney, liver, and spleen very intimately.

• Journal of Korean Medical classics
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.103-116
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• 2011

Objective : The using of termionology in medicine is important because terminology discriminates the meaning of words. In that aspect, there are conflicts that bao has plenty of meanings as medical terminology(womb and urinary bladder). Therefor, we need to discriminate and define bao. Method : We compare terminology of bao and words related with bao such as pao(胞) in "Dongeuibogam", "Hwangdineijing" and medical dictionary. Also we try to define right meaning of words as medical terminology. Result : Bao has several meanings in medical books. However, they have tendencies that could make scholars choose appropriate terminology in medicine. Conclusion : Bao is preferred as a womb and pao is prefferd as a urinary bladder in medical terminology.