Zhang Jian-Bin, Zou Yang-Yang, Hu Guang-Yong, Wu Jiu-Long, Bai Jie-Jing, Zhang Shu-Jian
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2014 Dec;34(12):1197-202.
Doctor WANG Zhi-zhong in the Southern Song Dynasty proposed the acupoint view of "location of disease", which explained the connotation of acupoints from the angle of clinic. Its meaning included two levels, one level meant pathological change on the body surface, that was the location of acupuncture diagnosis-treatment, and the other one indicated that the body surface which was the reflecting point of pathological change on the distal area or inside the body was the location of acupuncture diagnosis-treatment. The specific connotations of clinical acupoints were: location of pathogenic factors or reflection of pathogenic factors, regularity between acupoints un- der disease and specific organ, morphological differences and positioning variability after acupoints under disease, and acupoints examination, diagnosis and treatment.
南宋的王执中医生提出了“病之所在”的穴位观，从临床角度解释了穴位的内涵。其含义包括两个层面，一个层面是指体表的病理变化，即针灸诊治的部位；另一个层面是指体表作为远端区域或体内病理变化的反映点，是针灸诊治的部位。临床穴位的具体内涵为：致病因素的所在部位或致病因素的反映，患病穴位与特定器官之间的规律，患病后穴位的形态差异和定位变化，以及穴位的检查、诊断和治疗。
