Liver and gall bladder channel parallels in the Hippocratic Corpus and Huang Di Nei Jing with theoretical considerations

Chinese history contains an abundance of records discussing contact with the outside world. In the ever elusive search for the origin of the meridian theory, an extended investigation into the Hippocratic Corpus reveals parallels with the Huang Di Nei Jing (????) medical text of the Chinese tradition that provide an alternative perspective into the origins of meridian channels theory. Though this topic has been discussed in the past, this paper provides new and developed insight into theories associated with the liver and gallbladder channel systems of each tradition. Condensing the scope of the analysis be-tween the Huang Di Nei Jing and Hippocratic text traditions and focusing on the liver and gall bladder channels aids to expound on the theoretical background required to advance the comprehension and understanding regarding the origins of each tradition. This paper reveals content that further the relationship between the two traditions, including demonstrating the existence of theoretical parallels existing between the liver and gall bladder channels of these two texts. (C) 2022 Center for Food and Biomolecules, National Taiwan University. Production and hosting by Elsevier Taiwan LLC.

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This paper explores the origins of the liver and gallbladder channel theory by comparing the Hippocratic Corpus and the Huang Di Nei Jing. The study reveals theoretical parallels between the liver and gallbladder channels in these two traditions, deepening the understanding of the relationship between them.