Is the newly described interstitial network the anatomical basis of acupuncture meridians? A commentary.
Author: Tomov N1, Atanasova D1,2, Dimitrov N1
Affiliation:
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Conference/Journal: Anat Rec (Hoboken).
Date published: 2019 Mar 15
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Special Notes: doi: 10.1002/ar.24114. [Epub ahead of print] , Word Count: 84
A network passing through interstitial tissues of the human body has been recently described. Despite its functional importance is yet unknown, we try to briefly summarize the known data and to interpret it from the viewpoint of Traditional Chinese medicine. We consider the peculiarities of the interstitium to be the morphological basis of at least some of the known phenomena along acupuncture meridians. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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PMID: 30874366 DOI: 10.1002/ar.24114
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