title: [Biography of the outstanding acupuncturist DU Xiao-shan].
abstract: Professor DU Xiao-shan 's academic thought and clinical experiences was introduced in this paper. He has noble medical ethics and is fair to the patients without distinction. He has great learning and rich practical experiences, and he specializes in all kinds of common diseases as well as many difficult and complicated cases. He never stops studying the ancients to make innovation and he creates the technique of the quick-puncture and slow-twist and DU's heat-reinforce method. He teaches to carry forward acupuncture and moxibustion and his achievements have become an important part of acupuncture and moxibustion science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wuxi TCM Hospital, Wuxi 214001, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Rui-Qin
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Liang-Dong
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Tian-Yun
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans