Exploration on Neurological Mechanism of"Meridian-Viscera Correlation"Based on SPARC Program
XU Zhifang
Abstract：At present,many scholars in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion have clearly pointed out that the SPARC program may pose a significant challenge to the development of traditional Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion.It is increasingly important for modern acupuncture efficacy and mechanism research to refer to and draw on the outcomes and insights from the SPARC program.This paper sorts out and summarizes various studies related to"meridian-viscera correlation"theory in the SPARC program,and the neural regulatory mechanism of"meridian-viscera correlation"theory is discussed in combination with autonomic nerve con-duction pathways concerned by SPARC program.It is proposed that the process of visceral diseases reflected in body surface acupoints or meridians is related to the co-participation of sympathetic post-ganglionic neurons in innervation and sympathetic sprouting of dorsal root ganglia.The projected relationship between the body surface and the viscera in sensory afferent and autonomic nerve efferent may be the neuroanatomical way of meridians or acupoints to treat viscera diseases,with a prospect of providing insights for the modern mechanism research and transfor-mation innovation of traditional Chinese medicine.
Keywords：meridian-viscera correlationSPARC programmeridiansacupointsautonomic nervessegmental ganglion
Publication Date：2025-03-05
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 249-254 )