Are meridians blood vessels?

Strictly speaking, meridians are not blood vessels. Like blood vessels, meridians can also transport blood. It is like arithmetic and mathematics, one is conceptual and the other is actual material. Although they have similarities in direction, there are actually certain differences. Meridian is a term used in traditional Chinese medicine, and blood vessels is the term used in Western medicine. Next, I will introduce to you the similarities and differences between blood vessels and meridians:

Blood vessels and meridians are not the same thing. They have both differences and similarities.

Blood vessel is a term in Western medicine, which was discovered with the development of modern anatomy.

Meridians are a concept in traditional Chinese medicine, which is a set of diagnostic and treatment theories summarized by the ancients after long-term medical practice and observation. According to traditional Chinese medicine, meridians are channels that circulate qi and blood, connect internal organs with the body surface and all parts of the body, and are a regulatory system for human body functions. Meridian science is also the basis of human acupuncture and massage, and is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine.

The meridian theory is one of the core basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine. It originated in ancient times and serves the present day. In the two thousand years of medical history, it has always played an important role in safeguarding the health of the Chinese nation.

The common point between blood vessels and meridians is that they are both load-bearing channels. Blood vessels carry and circulate blood, while Chinese medicine believes that meridians carry and circulate Qi and blood. Blood is tangible, while Qi and blood are intangible. Because of the low level of medical care in ancient times, observation and treatment of diseases could only be carried out based on the occurrence and development of symptoms. For example, if you suffer from liver disease, you may find that stimulating or treating the Taichong and Xingjian points on the liver meridian can relieve the symptoms. If you also find that you have stomach disease, treating the Zusanli, Dubi and Fenglong points on the stomach meridian can cure the stomach disease. Or after suffering from a disease, it is found that discomfort symptoms will appear in the corresponding parts of the affected organs and meridians. By connecting these acupoints, after thousands of years of summary by generations of doctors, our current national quintessence of Chinese medicine - meridian science was formed. Therefore, meridians are channels that circulate qi and blood in the human body, communicate internal organs with the external body surface, and connect all parts of the body. It has played an important role in our medical theory for thousands of years.