Analysis of"one origin,three different routes"and"different names for the same meridian"of the Ren,Du,and Chong meridians
The theory of Ren,Du,and Chong meridians is the main part of the"eight extraordinary meridians"theory.WANG Bing put forward the theories of"one origin,three different routes"and"different names for the same meridian"of the Ren,Du,and Chong meridians,reflecting their close connections.Based on the Huang Di Nei Jing(Huangdi's Inner Classic),Nan Jing(The Classic of Difficult Issues),Mai Jing(The Pulse Classic),and Zhe n Jiu Jia Y i Jing(The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion),by analyzing the above two understandings,this paper holds that"one origin,three different routes"means that the Ren,Du,and Chong meridians originate from deep lower abdomen,approximately corresponding to the position of the female uterus or male testis,and then emerge from different areas of body superficies.However,influenced by Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing(The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion),it is believed in textbooks of acupuncture and moxibustion that the three meridians all emerge at Huiyin(CV1).Meanwhile,it was written in Huang Di Nei Jing(Huangdi's Inner Classic)that the Ren meridian ascended along the spine and the Du meridian ascended along the middle of lower abdomen.Therefore,WANG Bing believed that the naming of the Ren meridian and Du meridian was to distinguish yin(the abdomen)from yang(the back),but the route of the Chong meridian did not coincide with both of the Ren and Du meridians.All in all,the theory of"different names for the same meridian"can be understood from two aspects,namely,the route coincidence of the Ren and Du meridians,and the close physiology and pathology relationship between the Chong and Du meridians.
the Ren meridianthe Du meridianthe Chong meridianone origin,three different routesdifferent names for the same meridianHuang Di Nei Jing(Huangdi's Inner Classic)Nan Jing(The Classic of Difficult Issues)Mai Jing(The Pulse Classic)Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jin
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