[Historical origin of the "indications of the five-" in and analysis on the five-elements ideological background].

(), as one of the classics of traditional Chinese medicine, is concerned as the supplement and summarization of some theory recorded in the (). Five- point is one of the commonly used important acupoints, the "indications of the five-" raised by has been weighing a lot since the beginning, not only in the constructing of acupuncture-moxibustion theory, but in clinical practice. However, "indications of the five-" was actually deduced from the five-elements theory in the first place. On the one hand, by analyzing its original idea and method during construction, the fallacies in theoretical building of the "indications of the five-" were clarified. On the other hand, under the comparison of and , the research argues that the similar texts on the relation of five- and seasons have fundamental differences. By a further discussion on the social ideological background of the relation of five- points and seasons in , the main problem of the "indications of the five-" recorded in is put forward, both theoretically and methodologically. In conclusion, the use of theories like the "indications of the five- " should be revaluated rather than directly put into practice.