title: [On key role of acupoints in elongated needle therapy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study on characteristics and application of key acupoints in Elongated Needle Therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Probe into method of determining key acupoints and their clinical application from characteristics of channels, characteristics of acupoints, position of diseases, pathogenesis, syndromes and other aspects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Establishment of the theory of key acupoints of enlongated needle therapy reflects the principle of "fewer but better" in acupoint selection of enlongated needle therapy, which can reduce pain of the patient and increase the therapeutic
authors.affiliation: Xiqing District Hospital of TCM, Tianjin 300380, China. wuli798@sina.com
authors.forename: Zhi-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhao-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans