title: [Needle sticking method].
abstract: Needle sticking method, which can be combined with multiple needling techniques, has been attached with great importance in recent years by doctors in clinic. Combining with the clinical experiences, the authors expounded the needle sticking method through its unified concept, differences between needle sticking method, which was an acupuncture technique, and stuck needle which was an accident during acupuncture, selection of needles, manipulations, mechanism of treatment, range of application, attentions and advantages of popularization. It is held that the technique can be widely applied for treatment of acute and chronic diseases of various departments with filiform needles. Easy to be manipulated, understood and mastered, the technique is without side effect and valuable to be popularized.
authors.affiliation: Department of TCM, Women and Children's Hospital of Weihai City, Weihai 264200, Shandong Province, China. ok2868698@sina.com
authors.forename: Shang-Chen
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Zhe
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Shu-Fen
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional