Wang Yong, Huang Long-xiang
Institute of Acu-moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2008 Apr;33(2):139-41.
The curative effect of acupuncture depends much on accurate location of acupoints. But, in the developmental course of Chinese acu-moxibustion medicine, some divarications about the location of acupoints have occurred for ages. In the process of formulating international standard of acupoint location, experts from China, Japan and Korea had different viewpoints about the location of 92 acupoints. After reviewing Chinese ancient and modern literatures, authors of the present paper sum up five basic factors influencing the location of acupoints: (1) different understandings about the bone-length; (2) changes of bone-length; (3) faults during copying literature; (4) different understandings on the location in the text of books; (5) evolvement of concepts. These viewpoints may be helpful to solve the divarication of acupoints' location.
针刺疗效在很大程度上取决于穴位的准确定位。但是，在中国针灸医学的发展过程中，关于穴位定位的分歧由来已久。在制定穴位定位国际标准的过程中，中国、日本和韩国的专家对92个穴位的定位存在不同观点。本文作者在查阅中国古今文献后，总结出影响穴位定位的五个基本因素：（1）对骨度分寸的不同理解；（2）骨度分寸的变化；（3）文献抄写错误；（4）对书籍文字中穴位位置的不同理解；（5）概念的演变。这些观点可能有助于解决穴位定位的分歧。
