Data Mining of Acupoint Characteristics from the Classical Medical Text: DongUiBoGam of Korean Medicine

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(a) The ShinHyungJangBuDo (chart of the overall body, viscera, and bowels) at the opening of the NaeGyeong chapter represents the medical perspective of DongUiBoGam. Heo Jun tried to express the common thread of this book of maintaining health through this picture; the circulation (“ascending of essence and qi” and “descending of fire”) of the body. Wiggling nose, opened mouth, and moving belly show the descending of “fire” through deep breath, and prominent spine and brain represent the ascending of “essence and qi” through meditation. (b) Acupuncture and Moxibustion Methods of subchapter “qi” in the NaeGyeong chapter of DongUiBoGam. The acupoint methods in subchapter “qi” contain the most frequently used acupoints: CV4, CV6, and ST36.

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