For example, the word "pulse" can mean a meridian, a pulse, or a blood vessel. There are evil spirits that invade from the outside and cause illness, and spirits that maintain vital phenomena. The internal spirit can be classified as Yin or Yang, and there can be Ying Qi that flows through the pulses and Wei Qi outside of them, and the relationship between them is not always clear. In ancient China, medical theory, treatment methods, and drug knowledge were maintained by different people, and there was little exchange between them. It is thought that medical theory was not given much importance for some time after it was established in the Han dynasty. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "yingqi" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…たとえば脈といっても経脈を意味することもあるが,脈拍のこともあり,血脈つまり血管を指すこともある。また気にも外から侵入して病気を起こす邪気とか生命現象を維持している気があり,体内の気も陰と陽の気に分類したり,脈のなかを流れている営気とその外に衛気があるとしたりして,それらの関係は必ずしもはっきりしない。古代中国では,医学理論と治療法と薬物の知識はそれぞれ違った人たちによって維持されてきて,それら相互のあいだにはあまり交流はなく,医学理論は漢代に確立されたのち,しばらくはそれほど重視されなかったと考えられる。… ※「営気」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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