Study on expression of acupoint functions

The acupoint functions are obviously different to those of Chinese medical herbs. Acupuncture at acupoints most shows bidirectional regulative actions on the organism,and the actions of the acupoints often are the whole action on one or several target organs or parts,but Chinese medical herbs act on a certain aspect of one or several target organs. Therefore,expression of acupoint functions can not adopt the expression way for functions of Chinese medical herbs. Acupoints have functions of many aspects,which are closely related with the state of organism and needling manipulation methods,so,the expression of acupoint functions should stress specificity of acupoint functions.