title: [Spirit, pivot and the way for holding pivot in acupuncture].
abstract: To probe into the relation between spirit, pivot and the way for holding pivot. Find out the discussion about spirit, pivot and holding pivot in acupuncture from ancient books, including literature, history and philosophy, and analyze, check and compare with the theory of controlling spirit in acupuncture, and find out the internal relations. Controlling spirit is applied to hold pivot, the way for holding pivot includes finding fine evidence of diseases, holding chance for needling, seizing opportunity, using circumstances and considering the coming-and-going of evil, constitution of patients and reinforcing-reducing methods of acupuncture. The way of holding pivot generalizes the main thought of acupuncture treatment.
authors.affiliation: College of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 401331, China. zhuo1828@sina.com
authors.forename: Lian-shi
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zhuo
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D029181:Spirituality