title: [Clinical examples of professor LI Zhi-dao's "tonifying three qi" acupuncture method].
abstract: Professor LI Zhi-dao, according to acupoint selection of syndrome differentiation in TCM basic theory, concluded a new therapy, namely "tonifying three qi" that is mainly based on three acupoints in the Conception Vessel. This method is consisted of Danzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12) and Qihai (CV 6) in the Conception Vessel, which could successively nourish clear qi, stomach qi and original qi. In clinic, according to the severity of symptoms of three qi, the acupoints are selected flexibly, which could respectively treat deficiency of heart-lung qi, deficiency of stomach-spleen qi and deficiency of original qi. Some examples are also given in the article.
authors.forename: Rui-Chao
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuan-Xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Xiang-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lan-Yuan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D019413:Qi