title: [Great master of TCM CHENG Xin-nong 's three key points of acupuncture clinical experience].
abstract: Professor CHENG Xin-nong has practiced in medicine for over 70 years and gained profound clinical experience. He points out that these rules below should be obeyed to improve the efficacy of acupuncture. Firstly, the diseases should be diagnosed basing on meridians order and meridian syndrome differentiation while acupoints should be chosen and adjuncted according to their main medical functions. Secondly, the three Cai inserting method should be flexibly applied on different patients, by adjusting the needling depth and manipulation to reinforce the deficiency and reduce the excess. Thirdly, the arrival of qi is a key point and such methods as the retaining of needles, electroacupuncture and moxibustion should be cointegrated used.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Jin-sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ying-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Hong-Cai
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history*; D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*