[A brief talk on characteristics of Japanese collateral puncture].
The characteristics of Japanese collateral puncture are expounded from history evolution and technical feature. The position of pricking blood and blood-letting volume for the three Japanese collateral puncture, Japanese collateral puncture at Jing-well points, at fine collaterals and at the skin are emphatically discussed and briefly compared with Chinese pricking blood therapy, so as to better develop the collateral puncture therapy.
Li
Gui-hua
GH
Acupuncture Department, Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. liguihua615723@yahoo.com.cn
Guo
Yi
Y
Li
Gui-lan
GL
Yang
Jun-li
JL
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D016740:Meridians; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011677:Punctures