Significance of Chongu pulse diagnosis as the standard of measuring the result of the acupuncture on `The affected part of the pulse wave`

Div. of Humanities and Social Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National UniversityObjective : The aim of this study is to find out the significance of Chongu pulse diagnosis as the standard of measuring the result of the acupuncture on ‘the affected part of the pulse wave’ based on the literature.Method : ① The clear concepts of the ‘unaffected part’ and the ‘affected part’ were organized. ② The relation between the pulse diagnosis and the acupuncture in Hwangjenaekyung was studied. ③ The indications of Mu acupuncture treatment(繆刺法) and Geo acupuncture treatment(巨刺法) in Hwangjenaekyung was studied. ④ The types and changes of pulse diagnosis in Hwangjenaekyung was studied, especially based on the relation between Sambuguhu pulse diagnosis(三部九候脈診) and Chongu pulse diagnosis(寸口脈診). ⑤ By synthesizing these results, the significance of Chongu pulse diagnosis as the standard of measuring the result of the acupuncture on ‘the affected part of the pulse wave’ was found.Result & Conclusion : 1. When the affected part and the unaffected part are defined, it is necessary to make clear that which one of next three definitions is used ; Firstly, ‘the broad sense of definition of the affected part and the unaffected part of the symptom’, which contains the pulse wave. Secondly, ‘the narrow sense of definition of the affected part and the unaffected part of the symptom’, without the pulse wave. And thirdly, ‘the definition of the affected and the unaffected part of the pulse wave’, which has the only independent standard of the pulse wave.