鍼無補法의 의미에 대한 考察 -黃帝內經의 補瀉法을 중심으로-

A Study on the Meaning of Theory that Acupuncture has no Reinforcement

Objectives : Acupuncture therapy’s supplementation and draining method is now widely used in the clinical practices. Meanwhile, there has been a voice of concern since the past that acupuncture has no reinforcement. This thought has not been given enough discussion, and the paper attempts to remedy this absence and verify the validity of the concern. Methods : The acupunctural supplementation and draining method found in the Huangdineijing is reviewed, and a number of medical books that discuss the idea of lack of reinforcement in acupuncture are studied. Resultss : Huangdineijing describes the needling’s unique feature of draining. The text explains that needles work in a way that is different that medicine, and thus cannot be used for a disease based on deficiency. In addition, it warned the loss of healthy qi when needling oneself. Supplementation in the supplementation and draining technique as described in Huangdineijing mainly revolves around preventing the loss of healthy qi. Conclusions : The purpose of the acupunctural supplementation and draining is to control the body’s disproportional qi deficiency and excess, where some parts of the body has more qi than others. The supplementation in “acupunctural supplementation and draining method” and the supplementation in “acupuncture only has draining and no supplementation’ within the thought of “acupuncture has no reinforcement” are different in that one deals with controlling the imbalance of qi in body, and the other deals with dispelling the deficiency by flowing the qi in the viewpoint of entering and out. This calls for a need to establish the proper acupunctural points, numbers, and times for each disease based on the theory of “acupuncture has no reinforcemen.”