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A study on HuangDiNeiJing(黃帝內經) 「SanBuJiuHouLun(三部九候論)」 Dept. of Korean Medical Classics and History, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University Ki-Wook KIM, Hyun-Kook PARK It is generally understood that San Bu Jiu Hou is the pulse form at CunGuanChi(寸關尺) as in NanJing(難經). However, it is totally different in HuangDiNeiJing. This only appears in few chapters of SuWen(素問) and does not appear in LingShu(靈樞). SanBu in SuWen･SanBuJiuHouLun refers to top, middle, bottom and each part is divided into 3 parts, Tian(天), Di(地), Ren(人) to form JiuHou, and through Jiu Hou, not only does it diagnose ShenZang(神臟) and XingZang(形臟), but also goes on to form a diagnostic system by fusing diagnostic skill and treatment into one. 「JiuZhenShiErYuan(九針十二原)」 discusses detailed shapes and functions of nine types of acupuncture, and the 「GuanZhen(官針)」 explains how to manipulate Jiu Zhen adequately, but there is more to it than just shape and function in techniques of acupuncture. It is because it fuses (or merges) pathology, diagnostics, treatment etc to form a single diagnosis system. 「JinFu(禁服)」 discusses about nine types of acupuncture of pulse form and effect, which are treatment means based on RenYingCunKouMaiFa(人迎寸口脈法). Various pulse daignosises exist in HuangDiNeiJing, but those influence of future generations can be divided into SanBuJiuHouMaiFa(三部九候脈法) and RenYingCunKouMaiFa(人迎寸口脈法), and which medical ideologies this kind of pulse daignosis originates from should be discussed. We will finally explore and report the process its development into 寸尺脈(Cun Chi Mai).

Diagnostic system, Huang Di Nai Jing, San Bu Jiu Hou Lun