1988 Volume 38 Issue 4 Pages 454-456
Nouns that blood vessel and nerve are the terms of western medical science and not those of ancient oriental medical science. What is found in ancient oriental medical science is only MYAKU (KEIMYAKU, RAKUMYAKU, SONMYAKU) which is called KEIRAKU. Terefore, unless this KEIRAKUMYAKU implies blood vessel and nerves, anatomically there are no blood vessel and no nerve in ancient oriental medical science. KEIRAKU which ancient chinese said means blood vessel and nerve.