Possible Applications for Fascial Anatomy and Fasciaology in Traditional Chinese Medicine

被引:34
作者
Bai, Yu [1 ]
Yuan, Lin [1 ]
Soh, Kwang-Sup [2 ]
Lee, Byung-Cheon [2 ]
Huang, Yong [3 ]
Wang, Chun-Lei [3 ]
Wang, Jun [4 ]
Wu, Jin-Peng [1 ]
Dai, Jing-Xing [1 ]
Palhalmi, Janos [5 ]
Sha, Ou [4 ]
Yew, David Tai Wai [6 ]
机构
[1] Southern Med Univ, Dept Anat, 11-F Life Sci Bldg,1838 Guangzhoudadao St North, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Biomed Phys Lab, Seoul, South Korea
[3] Southern Med Univ, Dept Tradit Chinese Med, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[4] Shenzhen Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anat, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
[5] East West Biomed Ltd, Monorierdo, Hungary
[6] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anat, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
acupoints; anatomy; fasciaology; meridians; primo-vessel; traditional Chinese medicine;
D O I
10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60023-4
中图分类号
R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号
10 [医学];
摘要
Research using medical imaging instruments such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has led to the proposal that the fascial network distributed over the human body is the anatomical basis for the acupoints and meridians of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, we put forward a new theory of anatomy called fascial anatomy. In fascial anatomy, a human body is divided into two major systems. One is the supporting-storing system of unspecialized connective tissues. The other is a functional system. An undifferentiated non-specific connective tissue network, with the participation of the nervous and the immune systems, constitutes the supporting-storing system of the human body. The various differentiated functional cells in the body that are supported and surrounded by the supporting-storing system constitute the functional system. The discipline that studies the supporting-storing system and the mutual relationship between this system and the functional system in a living human body is called fasciaology. The establishment of fascial anatomy and fasciaology opens a new research field in anatomy; consequently, fasciaology will play a significant role in biological medicine and traditional Chinese medical research, as well as future clinical practice.
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页码:125 / 132
页数:8
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