序言2　认识经络自完善体系，造福人类自己

Preface 2 Understanding the Meridian Self-perfective System to Benefit Mankind

针灸是我国世界级非物质文化遗产，许多国家和地区成立了中医针灸经络的研究机构。经络学是中医针灸的理论基础，是人体生命科学重要组成部分，有深厚的科学内涵。 20世纪50年代在我国已经开始经络学的现代研究，取得了不同的研究结果。

The acupuncture and moxibustion are the world grade intangible (non-material) cultural heritage of our country. At the time being, 163 countries and regions are the members of the World Acupuncture Association Union. USA, Britain, Germany, Japan, Korea etc. have erected researching institutions. Many countries have dispatched students and visitors to China for studying the acupuncture. This fact explains that the acupuncture and moxibustion have already been propagated throughout the world. The meridian doctrine is the theoretical basis of the acupuncture and moxibustion, which are the important components of life science of the human body, having profound scientific content. The modern research of the meridian doctrine in our country started from the fiftieth of 20 century, and different researching results have been obtained by various experts.

李定忠教授作为世界针联专家委员会委员和中国中医科学院针灸研究所国际培训中心的客座教授，是著名中医世家第七代传人。又毕业于北京大学医学院，经过中国医学科学院的工作锻炼，于“七五”“八五”期间承担了国家重大基础理论经络研究的课题，与我院及中国科学院、原子能科学研究院、北京大学物理学院、南京大学现代检测中心、国家零磁实验室等单位的专家组成多学科协作团队，开展了多项经络的研究，取得了可喜的成果。在经络理论与疗法创新等方面取得了突破性进展。

Professor LI Dingzhong, as the member of Experts Committee of the World Federation Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), the guest professor of China Beijing International Acupunctare Training Center of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and the seventh generation successor of TCM family as well as a graduated student (in 1955) from Peking University specializing in the field of western medicine, has also got experiences working at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. He won a bid of the topics for ten years on the meridian research of National Scale Plan of“Seventh Five Year Plan”and“Eighth Five Year Plan”, which belongs to the important fundamental theoretical topics of national grade. He cooperated with many experts and professors of the Institute of High Energy Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS), Chinese Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), The Institute of Geophysics, Peking University, Nanjing University etc. to organize researching teams doing many kinds of modern researches. With this cooperation, many gratifying scientific achievement have been obtained. The breakthrough advances have been obtained in the meridian theory, creative and therapeutic methods and practice effects. Concerning these respects, I would like to explain as the following points:

（1）李定忠教授坚持理论与实践相结合，在临床工作中发现自然显现的与十四经相关的皮肤病变，被专家称为“可见的经络现象”，证实经络的客观存在。

Professor LI Dingzhong insists on the way of the theory combined with practice, discovered“visible meridian phenomena”including 14 meridian routes during his clinical works, which verifies the objective existence of the meridian, thus defending the treasure of our motherland.

（2）通过多学科协作的研究，对经络的运行与调整机制、经络的载体及科学实质等方面提出了创新性的认识。

With the cooperation of multi-branches of disciplines, the breakthrough advances and understanding have been obtained in various respects, such as meridian operational and regulating mechanisms, as well as the meridian essence and its carriers.

（3）在研究的基础上，创建了“经络环皮部挑治法”，运用激通经络环、消除结滞点的治疗理念，大幅度地提高了疗效；做到多病同治、内病外治、双向调整、自组织程序化调整，为解决多种疑难病症和长期药物依赖的难题，提供了一种有效的治疗手段。

Associated with the research for meridian sensitive persons, the phenomenon of“propagated sensation along meridian”(PSM) was created, the Circulated Ring of Meridian was found and“The method of epidermal pricking treatment with meridian ring”was created as well, by which the stagnant points could be stimulated and got through, so as to elevate the therapeutic effects. With these methods, the selfperfective with self-organized characteristics, the same curing effects for multiple diseases, the internal diseases cured by external treatment, the effects of dual- directional regulation and the self-organized routinization are obviously obtained. All these provide the methods for resolving many doubtful diseases or borderline cases and drug- reliable problems.

李定忠教授及其合作者用汉英对照版的形式面向世界，出版了这部经络学专著，奉献了他们的科研成果和诊疗经验，我很赞赏，值得大家阅读，这对于弘扬中国原创生命科学，确认其科学性和实用性，起到至关重要的作用。希望我们广大学者共同携手，在此基础上，把中国独创的科学文化推广到全世界，让人类能做到自身保健、自我平衡、自我完善，造福人类自己。

Professor LI Dingzhong together with his cooperators will publish this treatise of the meridian discipline with dual languages to the worldwide readers in order to contribute their scientific researching results, their therapeutic and practical effects mentioned by modern scientific languages and description, about which I am highly praised with admiration. Thus, this book is worthy to be read, which would play an important role in promoting the originally creative life science of China, to certify the characteristics of its scientific and practical effects. I hope that our scholars hand in hand promote to broaden our Chinese science and culture to the world in order to preserve self- health, self- balance and self-perfection being beneficial to mankind.

世界针灸学会联合会主席

Chairman of World Federation Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS)

中国针灸学会会长

Chairman of China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion

LIU Baoyan

6th March, 2016