title: [False dissemination of "treatment of hemorrhoids by acupuncture of Kongzui (LU 6)" and its unfavorable influence on modern acupuncture].
abstract: "Treatment of hemorrhoids by acupuncture of Kongzui (LU 6)" has been considered to be an example of new discovery in current clinical acupuncture practice and has produced a significant influence on domestic and foreign textbooks of acupuncturology and the health care of the people. After comprehensively analyzing this known saying, it was found that the so-called "new discovery" which has been inherited for decades of years is in fact derived from incorrect dissemination, being lack of evidence of both literature and clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: The Library of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. dgnt3310@163.com
authors.forename: You-min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Long-xiang
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000266:history; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history; D002681:China; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000628:therapy*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans