Application of Cheng's needling method like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water in treatment of pain syndrome.
- Author:
Xiang-Dong XI
1
Author Information
1. Changzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing University of TCM, Jiangsu 213003, China. xxd-xi@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Acupuncture Points;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Animals;
China;
History, 20th Century;
Humans;
Odonata;
Pain;
Water
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2005;25(1):43-45
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Cheng's needling method like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water is a needling method handed down in the family of chief TCM physician Cheng Zi-jun and it has been applied clinically for over one hundred years. It is a unique reinforcing-reducing method of acupuncture with simple and convenient manipulation and excellent therapeutic effect, which is created and gradually completed by Cheng's grandfather Mr. Cheng Jin-he on the basis of studying ancient various reinforcing-reducing methods. In the method, stimulating amount of acupuncture is introduced into reinforcing-reducing. Clinically, this method is used to treat various chronic pain syndromes with rapid effect.
