Modeling and Analysis of Meridian Systems Using Petri Nets

The Meridian system conceived by the ancient Chinese has been described and referenced for more than a thousand years. The meridian meaning paths are the main trunks that run longitudinal and interiorly-exteriorly within the body. The Meridian system consist s of about 400 acupuncture points and 20 meridians connecting most of the points. I t deals with the routing and distribution of energy to achieve physiological functions. It integrates meridian, tissues and organs into an organic whole. This paper models and analyzes the meridian system using Petri nets (PN). To the authors'knowledge, this is the first work that adopts the PN methods to define and model the Meridian system. Finally, we analyze a real case on the treatment of influenza . Keyword: Bio-signal network, Petri nets, meridian system, system modeling, tennis elbow