The Study Of The Literature Of Foot Urinary Bladder Meridian To Tang Dynasty And Those Before It

The meridian theory is an important part of the basic theories of Chinese traditional medicine. It constitutes a complete diagnosis and treatment system of Chinese medicine with the theory of Yin Yang and five elements, viscera theory, including diagnosis, dialectical, treatment in one. Since the meridian theory was born, the study for the meridian theory has never been interrupted. The study on meridian theory literature in modern time improves slowly. Most studies focus on a specifically academic characteristics of a famous physician, or a Dynasty academic development. Most are summary or textual analysis. Less are inductive summary of specific meridian in chronological order. This situation provides a larger space for meridian theory research.The birth of the meridian theory has experienced a very long period of time. In order to trace the origin, it is necessary to do the study of the meridian theory literature from the earliest medical text.The early literature experienced a long period of time after it was compiled. With the backward literature preservation techniques, frequent wars and other reasons, a lot of valuable literature has been lost or incomplete. This lost and incomplete texts lead to the inconvenience to the literature study. Before the Tang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the meridian theory tended to perfection. The relevant literature were renumbered, deleted, mistakenly changed and mistaken injected in Song Dynasty, and the original had been damaged. Therefore the subject selects the extant literature only. There are ten books of literature of Chinese traditional medicine to Tang Dynasty and those before it. They are Zubi Shi Yi Mai Jiu Jing, Yinyang Shi Yi Mai Jiu Jing, Huang Di Nei Jing, Ling Shu jing, Nanjing, Zhen Jiu Jia YI Jing, Qian Jin Yao Fang, Qian Jin Yi Fang and Wai Tai Mi Yao.The urinary bladder meridian of foot is widely used for the most widely range, and the largest number of acupoints. Therefore, the bladder meridian is the object of this research.This research is divided into two parts. The first part, according to the chronological order, analyzes the content of the urinary bladder meridian of foot in the texts.Zu Bi Shi Yi Mai Jiu Jing is the earliest extant records of meridian theory literature. The urinary bladder meridian of foot is described in the first place. Zu Bi Shi Yi Mai Jiu Jing gave a brief description to the meridians in the line and symptoms. It is the original model to line-symptom description. The direction of the line is from foots to head.Yinyang Shi Yi Mai Jiu Jing gave a more briefly description to the line, and a more detailed classification to the symptoms. But it forgot mentioning the treatment methods.Su Wen contents a lot of details to the urinary bladder meridian of foot, and they are very close to the modern theory. It gave the physiological function of the bladder and pi bu theory for the first time. It recorded the number and position of acupoints in the urinary bladder meridian of foot. It also advanced the meridians diagnostic method.Lingshujing completed the line of urinary bladder meridian of foot, including the position, branches and related organs. The direction of line changed to head-to-foot version exactly like modern theory. The dementias increased and the meridian theory reached a brand new level of advance.Nanjing elaborated the running sequence of twelve meridians for the first time and completed the five-element characteristic in acupuncture points theory. It explaned the relationship between sanjiao and urinary bladder meridian of foot, which was totally different from the theroy in Ling Shu Jing. This kind of difference revealed the existence of vary schools at that time.MaiJing gave a tiny different describtion on the line of urinary bladder meridian of foot. It established the meridians diagnostic system at last.Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing is the first extant acupuncture monography. It well documented the various kinds of principle in meridians and acupoints therapies. Especially the record of acupoints and their efficacy is a huge leap forward in acupoints theroy.Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang gave a category description to acupoints on the line of urinary bladder meridian of foot, recorded a large number of Acupuncture prescriptions with those acupoints, besides documenting its line and Diseases.Qian Jin Yi Fang recorded the Sun SImiao thirteen acupoints which had the acupoint belonged to the urinary bladder meridian of foot.It Linked this meridian and Surgical diseases, documented moxibustion doses and prohibition of acupuncture.Wai Tai Mi Yao discribed more detail on acupoints and prohibition than the line and symptoms. It also collected lots of moxibustion escriptions. However the author displayed his view on restraining acupuncture. This view revealed the ccupuncture treatment theory had encountered a low point in the development process.The secone part of research will do a lot of statistics on acupuncture prescriptions of foot urinary bladder meridian to Tang Dynasty and those before it and summarize the characteristic of the development in disease type and the principle of selecting acupoints.The effects of acupoints on foot urinary bladder meridian have graet correlation to the position of the meridian. The acupoints could cure the pain on the surface of the meridian positions, the diseases of related organs, the exogenous illness, the dynecological diseases, the pediatrics diseases and other kinds of diseases. It demonstrates that even the meridian theory developed earlier, the acupoints theory is more complete and detailed.This research would like to provide reliable Literature reference and new research ideas to the comrades who have interesting in other meridian studies.