英文摘要 |
Muyuan is not an important tissue in classical medicine, and its existence is only intended for malaria explanation. In all ages, its explanation was subject to “accumulative” (expansion of the theory) changes with time and deepened knowledge by physicians of body, expanding its bodily range and functions in body. This paper suggests that when Muyuan was first proposed by Wu You-Xing, it became another invention that was different from Treatise on Febrile Diseases in Treatise on Plague. However, with accumulation of theoretical explanations, within discussion scope of external pyretology, Muyuan was finally incorporated into three focuses studied by warm disease sector and also into classical six-meridian system. With accumulation of theories, involving both innovation and inheritance, in clinical treatment, it was seen that the old system may be utilized by new theories, mutually integrated, which is exactly the most important spirit of expansive theory in Chinese medicine. Physicians could not reach a common conclusion when discussing Muyuan; however, their different opinions may seemingly co-exist. It may be because that Muyuan exists in several positions, such as stomach, intestine, viscera, chest diaphragm, San Jiao and muscular striae. The result of expansive theory of these arguments is that Muyuan may be construed to be incorporated into any party of body, which is largely in agreement with several differentiation systems and disease explanations. |