title: [Acupuncture theory of promoting blood circulation and removing stasis and its clinical application].
abstract: The effects and methods of acupuncture on promoting blood circulation and removing stasis and its importance for modern clinical acupuncture are explored and explained. The acupuncture theory of promoting blood circulation and removing stasis in Internal Canon of Yellow Emperor and the ancient medical scholars' knowledge of acupuncture for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis are traced, and then the principles and characteristics of acupuncture for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis are explored and summarized. The methods and common tools of prompting blood circulation and removing stasis of modern clinical acupuncture are summed up as well. It is considered that the treatment principles and methods of acupuncture for prompting blood and removing stasis deserve to be paid attention to and applied by all departments of clinical acupuncture.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000266:history; D001775:Blood Circulation; D002681:China; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D019413:Qi / Q000266:history