title: [Contribution of ZHAO ji-an, a modern famous doctor handed down from ancestors, to the acupuncture and moxibustion cause ].
abstract: ZHAO Jian was a modern famous doctor of Shanxi province, a family of TCM handed down from ancestors, with unique academic thought and manipulation of acupuncture and moxibustion, and made important contribution to the acup-moxibustion sciences, mainly including paying attention to medical ethics, noble character and high prestige, originating "the crimes of indiscriminately passing on acupuncture and moxibustion"; writing scholarly works, developing Chinese national culture; constantly creating needling instruments; paying attention to treating mind, regulating yin and yang, advocating treating both mind and form; promoting free circulation of qi to kill pain, combination of acupuncture with massage, originating "alternate application of mental needles and digital needling "; inheriting ancient medicine and ancient acupuncture and moxibustion methods, originating no-pain inserting needle method, and combination of acupuncture and moxibustion with massage.
authors.affiliation: Section of Acupuncture, Hospital of Central National University, Beijing 100081, China. stephaine0315@sina.com
authors.forename: Shou-Mao
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002681:China; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional