Acupoint selection for acupuncture analgesia based on the relationship of "the opening-closing- pivoting theory" with meridians and zangfu organs

Abstract

"The opening-closing-pivoting theory" recorded in Neijing (Internal Classic) visualizes the qi activity of six meridians and indicates the relationship among the six meridians in physiology and pathology. Through the analysis on the classic medical works and modern literature of TCM by the modern medical masters, a specific relationship is discovered among the hand and foot meridians of the same name and among the zangfu organs. The qi is corresponded and interacted among the hand and foot meridians of the same name. Except the exterior and interior relationship among the zangfu organs, the related communication is also existing. Both meridians and zangfu organs are closely related to "the opening-closing- pivoting" theory. This discovery is the inheritance and development of "the opening-closing-pivoting theory" and plays the important role in the guidance of the acupoint selection of clinical acupuncture analgesia.