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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2010 Volume.27 No. 3 p.129 ~ p.142
A Study on the Validity of Refuting Literature about the Bonghan theory
Lee Sang-Hun

Zhang Winji
Soh Kwang-Sup
Lee Byung-Chun
Sung Baek-Kyung
Ryu Yeon-Hee
Abstract
Background : The Bonghan theory is a hypothesis on the anatomical structure of the acupuncture point and meridian system. It has been regarded as a misunderstanding of the lymphatic system, or as a made-up story, for the past 40 years. Since 2002, Many studies have been published either to support the theory or to refute the old viewpoint.

Objective : The purpose of this study was to find out the validity of the refutation by reviewing the publications.

Methods : Searches were made from online databases (Riss4u.net, Google.com, Sciencedirect.com, Pubmed.com, baidu.com, and ci.nii.ac.jp) from 1960 to 2009. The search terms that were used were ¡°Bonghan,¡± ¡°Bong han,¡± ¡°ºÀÇÑ,¡± ¡°thread-like structure,¡± ¡°¬¬¬Ú¬Þ ¬¢¬à¬ß ¬·¬Ñ¬ß¬à¬Þ,¡± ¡°¬³¬ª¬³¬´¬¦¬®¬¡ ¬¬¬¦¬¯¬²¬¡¬¬,¡± ¡°ÜóùÓ,¡± ¡°ÜóùÓη,¡± and ¡°ÜóùÓ??.¡± References from the searched publications were also used. Results : Since the 1960s, 107 publications were identified as related works, but only 11 publications sought to refute the Bonghan theory. Two publications were researches, and nine were reviews. In the analysis of the correlation of the arguments with the publication contents, it was found that the research of G. Kellner reviewed the Bonghan system properly but that V. V. Kosmatov did not classify the ear-reflex zone as a traditional acupuncture point. For the review publications, only two reviews contained proper arguments, but seven publications were identified as broad interpretations, wrong translations, etc. Moreover, the two proper reviews were grounded on the research of G. Kellner.

Conclusions : We found that the scientific origin of the refutation of the Bonghan theory is only one research by G. Kellner. This result suggest that Bonghan theory was not discussed enough to determine the invention.
KEYWORD
Bonghan, Bong han, G. Kellner, acupuncture points
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