Understanding of Acupuncture Points Based on Classical and Modern Theories

Most of the acupuncture points in the Huangdi Neijing are recognized as tangible body surface tissues, but they have gradually been solidified into invisible body surface "points" during the formation of acupuncture points theory. Some of the pathological reactions of the body surface were also described in the Huangdi Neijing, and this understanding was the basis for the formation of the "ashi point". The essence of the ashi point is the method of point location, which applies to all acupuncture points. The current understanding of acupuncture points, including the therapeutic ideas of the new clinical schools related to it, is interchangeable with the ideas of acupuncture points in the Huangdi Neijing. Therefore, the reinterpretation and deeper interpretation of the physiological language of ancient anatomy can serve to communicate the understanding between ancient and modern times and to fill the gaps between traditional and modern medicine.