title: [Academic features of tuina for children in western Hunan district].
abstract: Through the experiences in the clinical application of Liu Kai-yun's five-meridian theory of Tuina for children and consulting the relevant literatures, the following academic features of Tuina for children in western Hunan district are summarized in this paper: selecting the acupoints according to the pattern/syndrome differentiation and giving the treatment according to the meridian tropism theory; emphasizing the property of the body constitution and applying the reinforcing and reducing techniques; exquisitely combining the acupoints based on the five-meridian theory; coordinating the opening and closing techniques and regulating yin and yang. All of those provided the reference for the theoretic application of this Tuina school.
authors: Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province, China. biodway@gmail.com
authors: Bin-Ye
authors: BY
authors: Zhu
authors: Xue
authors: X
authors: Li
authors: Pin-dong
authors: PD
authors: Liao
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008405:Massage / Q000193:education*; D016740:Meridians