Fu Lu, Li Bao-Jin, Yao Ke-Yu, Zhu Yan
National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China; Postdoctoral Research Station, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700.
School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of CM; International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Innovation Institute, Beijing University of CM.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2022 Sep 12;42(9):1064-72. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210914-0002.
Based on the top-level ontology and the existing ontology methodology, the related concepts of meridians and acupoints were discriminated, defined and classified; the relationship of core concepts were established, e.g. meridians, acupoints and . It was attempted to build an ontological semantic framework of meridians and acupoints. Through the investigation on the classification mode of the top-level ontology, it is proposed that the meridians and acupoints, as the unique concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, exist in the form of "emptiness" and belong to "immaterial entity". Meridians refer to the three-dimensional channels in the human body, and acupoints are divided into ontological acupoints and body surface ones. Ontological acupoints are regarded as a three-dimensional structure within the human body, whereas, body surface ones are the optimal sites for acupuncture needle insertion on the body surface, meaning, the zero-dimensional point on the body surface. The main relationships between meridians and acupoints include is-a, exterior-interior, located-in, correspondent-to, mapping, etc. The exploration of the semantic framework of meridians and acupoints is conductive to understanding the connotation of meridians, acupoints and their relationship.
基于顶级本体和现有的本体方法，对经络和腧穴的相关概念进行了辨析、定义和分类；建立了经络、腧穴等核心概念之间的关系，试图构建经络和腧穴的本体语义框架。通过对顶级本体分类模式的考察，提出经络和腧穴作为中医特有的概念，以“虚”的形式存在，属于“非物质实体”。经络是指人体内的三维通道，腧穴分为本体腧穴和体表腧穴。本体腧穴被视为人体内的三维结构，而体表腧穴是体表针刺的最佳部位，即体表的零维点。经络与腧穴的主要关系包括“是一个”、表里、位于、对应、映射等。对经络和腧穴语义框架的探索有助于理解经络、腧穴的内涵及其关系。
