JI Laixi's clinical experience in treating primary open angle glaucoma through "nape-eight-needles" acupotomy as main treatment.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250422-k0007
- Author:
Shuoxin YANG
1
;
Fang GAO
2
;
Gaofeng LIU
3
;
Qi DONG
4
;
Aiai DONG
1
;
Laixi JI
1
Author Information
1. Second Clinical College, Shanxi University of CM, Taiyuan 030024, China.
2. Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi University of CM.
3. School of TCM, Southern Medical University.
4. Department of Metabolic Disease, Shanxi TCM Hospital.
- Publication Type:English Abstract
- Keywords:
JI Laixi;
acupotomy;
famous doctor’s experience;
meridian theory;
nape-eight-needles;
primary open angle glaucoma;
treating eye diseases from the nape
- MeSH:
Humans;
Acupuncture Therapy/history*;
Glaucoma, Open-Angle/therapy*;
Male;
Meridians;
Female;
Acupuncture Points;
Middle Aged;
Aged
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(9):1305-1310
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The paper introduces Professor JI Laixi's academic thought and clinical experience in treatment of primary open angle glaucoma with "nape-eight-needle" acupotomy. Professor JI Laixi believes that the key pathogenesis lies in "occlusion of xuanfu (subtle orifices) within the eyes and obstruction of meridian pathways". Using the unblocking principle of treatment, taking meridian theory of traditional acupuncture as the core and based on the anatomical principles of structural acupuncture, Professor JI has proposed his academic thought, "treating eye diseases from the nape". In treatment, "nape-eight-needle" acupotomy is adopted, combined with filiform needle acupuncture. It is the advantageous compound therapeutic method, aiming to open xuanfu, restore brain-eye meridian connectivity, harmonize body, qi and mind through systemic regulation, address both the causative factors and symptoms and prevent from blindness. This therapeutic approach provides a new idea for clinical treatment of primary open angle glaucoma.
