title: [Quintessence of academician SHI Xue-min's acupoint needling method].
abstract: Under guidance of the traditional theories of acupuncture and modern knowledge of anatomy and in combination with his long-term clinical practice and clinical researches, academician SHI Xue-min formulates scien tific and strict acupuncture methods and corresponding quantitative requirement for the acupoints for treatment of stroke and relative diseases and symptoms, including patient's posture, doctor's posture, angle of needle insertion, manipulation, amount of arrival of qi, etc. Correct grasping these needling methods of acupoints is a key to learn and understand SHI Xue-min's Acupuncture Science and "Xingnao Kaiqiao" needling method and quantitative acu puncture manipulation theory. In this paper, SHI Xue-min's partial experiences on needling acupoints are introduced.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. 2002ymx02@163.com
authors.forename: Ming-Xing
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011173:Portraits as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy