title: [The origin and development of fire needle therapy].
abstract: By reading ancient acupuncture-moxibustion literature, the authors expound the origin and development of fire needle therapy from its sprout, development and mature stage, reveal the origin of fire needle, development of needling instrument and manipulation methods, indications of fire needle therapy and so on, in order to have a better learning on fire needle therapy and make it applicative in clinic.
authors.affiliation: Department of TCM, Red Cross Hospital of Guangzhou City, Guangzhou 510220, Guangdong Province, China. changjinhuang@163.com
authors.forename: Chang-Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ying-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chu-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002681:China; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D009339:Needles