Bonghan Circulatory System as an Extension of Acupuncture Meridians

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Bonghan system is a newly-discovered circulatory system, which corresponds to
classical acupuncture meridians and was discovered in the early 1960s by Bonghan
Kim. Despite its potential importance in biology and medicine, it has been ignored
or forgotten for a long time. Only recently have most of its significant parts, such
as the Bonghan system (BHS) inside blood or lymph vessels, on the surfaces of
internal organs, and in brain ventricles, been confirmed. For this, novel methods
using modern technology were necessary because Bonghan Kim did not describe his
methods. For example, Among other methods, the discovery of a BHS-specific dye,
trypan blue, was one of the most important original contributions that made BHS
observation possible. With this technique, the BHS in adipose tissue became traceable,
and the BHS was discovered on the fascia surrounding tumor tissues, a finding
which may have great significance in relation to serious health problems in modern
society, namely, obesity and cancer.

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