Abstract
The essence of the meridian system and the meridian points still remain unclarified even after many years of research and discussions. In North Korea, Dr. Kim Bonghan claimed that he had found the essence of the meridian system (the Bonghan ducts) and the meridian points (the Bonghan corpuscles) and he wrote several papers, beginning in 1961. His theory is called the "Bonghan Theory". In Japan, Dr. Satoru Fujiwara and others claimed that they had succeeded in supplementary examinations of the Bonghan Theory in the 1960's. However, mainstream scientists of the related academic societies have disagreed with the Bonghan Theory. In the early 2000's, Professor Kwang-sup Soh and others at Seoul University, and a few other groups in South Korea claimed that they had got supporting data for the theory through many supplementary examinations and they wrote many papers. The 10 presentations were made at the "International Congress on Mind Body Science" in joint session with the 18th Symposium on Life Information Science, at Yonsei University, Seoul, 26-29th August 2004. The 10 proceedings were published in the Journal of International Society of Life Information Science, Vol.22, No.2, 2004. The first Mini Symposium on this topic was held in March 2005 at the 19th Symposium and 7 related proceedings were published in Vol.23, No.1, 2005. On the other hand, the mainstream scientists of the related academic societies in Japan continue to search in other directions. It is very important to discuss the essence of the meridian system scientifically. I hope that many professionals and other interested persons will join this Mini Symposium.
