title: [A brief talk on characteristics of Japanese collateral puncture].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture Department, Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. liguihua615723@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Gui-hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Gui-lan
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D016740:Meridians; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011677:Punctures