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On the Interconnectedness of Meridian System and Zang-Fu: A Comparative Review and Its Implications
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In recent decades, the interest in complementary and alternative medicine has stimulated research in various methodologies and approaches worldwide. Among them, acupuncture in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been studied by many researchers as a very efficacious and economic treatment procedure. According to the fundamental theory of TCM, acupuncture efficacy depends heavily on the premise that diseases of visceral organs can be cured via puncturing their corresponding meridians. It is believed that the normal flow of Qi and Xue to Zang- Fu (visceral organs) can be thus restored. Hence, validating the interconnectedness of Zang-Fu and meridian system is of paramount importance in clinical practice. In this review article, radiopharmaceuticals that have been used in nuclear medicine to evaluate the functions of organs are examined at first. Then, variations on the uptake of radiopharmaceuticals in different visceral organs of Wistar rats after acupuncture stimulation of different meridians are compared. Trying to decipher their interconnectedness, bioavailability results of radiopharmaceuticals in combination with the modern conceptualizations of meridian system and Five-Phase theory are invoked. Finally, implications in acupuncture therapeutics and the physiology of internal organs based on the aforementioned results are conjectured. This review, hopefully, will spark more research on using acupuncture as an integrative approach in studying physiology, pathophysiology and treatment of visceral organs.
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