title: [Application of Cheng's needling method like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water in treatment of pain syndrome].
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.
authors.affiliation: Changzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing University of TCM, Jiangsu 213003, China. xxd-xi@163.com
authors.forename: Xiang-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Xi
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D063191:Odonata; D010146:Pain; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water