Kovich Fletcher
Curepoint Acupuncture in Bristol, Bristol, UK.
J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2019 Feb;12(1):37-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 May 26.
This article provides a new definition of an acupuncture meridian. It suggests that a meridian consists of a distal tract of tissue that is affected by organ function. In the 1960s, Kim discovered the primo vascular system and regarded the superficial primo vessels as equating to the meridians. Instead, this article suggests that the superficial primo vessels merely underlie the meridians, in that they enable their creation, which is why some meridians are said to occur along the paths of superficial primo vessels. But the meridians themselves do not have a dedicated anatomical structure; instead they are merely tracts of tissue whose normal function is impeded when the related abdominal organ is stressed. It is hypothesized that the organ information is communicated in electrical waves that may travel through the connective tissue sheaths of the superficial primo vessels. Hence, the primo vessels serve as an inadvertent transport for this information, but the organ information is independent of the physiological purpose of the primo vascular system, as are the resultant meridians.
本文提出了经络的新定义。它表明经络由受器官功能影响的远端组织束组成。20世纪60年代，金发现了原血管系统，并将浅表原血管等同于经络。相反，本文认为浅表原血管仅仅位于经络之下，因为它们促成了经络的形成，这就是为什么有人说一些经络沿着浅表原血管的路径出现。但经络本身并没有专门的解剖结构；相反，它们仅仅是组织束，当相关腹部器官受到压力时，其正常功能就会受到阻碍。据推测，器官信息通过电波传递，这些电波可能穿过浅表原血管的结缔组织鞘。因此，原血管无意中充当了这种信息的传输通道，但器官信息与原血管系统的生理功能无关，由此产生的经络也是如此。
