Correspondence between the circulation and distribution of foot Taiyang meridian in modern anatomy
The foot Taiyang meridian starts from the little toe,goes up from the back to the head,and goes down from the front of the head to the face.Meridian is closely related to human muscles,tendons,ligaments,nerves,blood vessels and musculofascial tissues,but the application of meridian theory in modern diagnosis and treatment has great limitations.By analyzing the ancient literature,this study corresponds the running and distribution route of foot Taiyang meridian with human muscles,surrounding tissues and nerves in modern anatomy,and establishes a modem scientific framework of the meridian theory,so as to better apply the meridian theory in clinical diagnosis and treatment.
meridian theoryfoot Taiyang meridiancircularly distributedmodem anatomycorrespondence