Essential Experimental Methods for Identifying Bonghan Systems as a Basis for Korean Medicine: Focusing on Visual Materials from Original Papers and Modern Outcomes
Joint Authors
Kim, Hoon-Gi
Lee, Ki-Bog
Lee, Byung-Cheon
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In the 1960s, through studies on Korean Medicine, Bonghan Kim proposed the Bonghan systems (BS) as the anatomical reality of the acupuncture meridians based on various experimental data.
Since 2002, several groups, mainly led by a team at Seoul National University, who renamed the BS as the primo vascular system (PVS), have published around 70 papers showing biological structures corresponding to the BS.
However, it is still difficult for other researchers to find them, especially under the skin, which Bonghan Kim first reported as acupuncture points, due to similar-looking biological tissues, for example, the lymphatic vessels, and such artifacts as blood clots or fascia debris.
To solve these drawbacks, we examined the main methods for identifying the BS by comparing the original papers with the modern outcomes in terms of the common physical/chemical characteristics of the BS.
In addition, effective methods of staining and microscopic observations discovered by modern teams are synthetically explained using visual materials such as diagrams and photos.
Through the essentially organized methods in this review paper, we suggest that one can find the BS under the skin as putative acupuncture points by tracing the intraexternal BS, from which a new Korean Medicine will be born.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Hoon-Gi& Lee, Byung-Cheon& Lee, Ki-Bog. 2015. Essential Experimental Methods for Identifying Bonghan Systems as a Basis for Korean Medicine: Focusing on Visual Materials from Original Papers and Modern Outcomes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063458
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Hoon-Gi…[et al.]. Essential Experimental Methods for Identifying Bonghan Systems as a Basis for Korean Medicine: Focusing on Visual Materials from Original Papers and Modern Outcomes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063458
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Hoon-Gi& Lee, Byung-Cheon& Lee, Ki-Bog. Essential Experimental Methods for Identifying Bonghan Systems as a Basis for Korean Medicine: Focusing on Visual Materials from Original Papers and Modern Outcomes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063458
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063458