Professor 's thoughts and methods of penetration needling / 中国针灸

As a vital part of acupuncture and moxibustion,the theory of penetration needling obviously lags behind the practice. This article summarizes the thoughts andmethods of penetration needling by professor . Based on the three basic elements of penetrating acupuncture, including the acupoint, needle and manipulation, the academic origins, the application of penetrating acupuncture at present and the clinical cases are reviewed; the essential content and the extension meaning of needle penetration are summarized, which is based on the identification of the location, pathology and characteristics of disease, combined with the characteristics of acupoints and the tissue structure of the part, we quantify the intensity of stimulation, so as to provide featured reference clinical practice.

Thoughts and methods of Chinese materia medica processing - Taking research on Rehmanniae Radix processing as an example / 中草药

Chinese materia medica (CMM) processing is one of the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is also an important discipline with our independent intellectual property rights. The mechanism of CMM processing is the key point of CMM research, which is also the key node of CMM modernization. Most mechanisms of CMM processing are unclear until now, which request the systematical and deep research. Raw and processed Rehmanniae Radix have the different pharmacological effects in clinical application, because there are lots of chemical reactions occurred during the steaming process. In the recent years, scientists all over the world have done lots of research on the changes and mechanisms of Rehmanniae Radix by steaming process under high temperature, and series of research achievements were obtained with the application of many new methods and technologies. These achievements provide not only many new ideas and methods for the mechanism exploration of CMM processing, but also the demonstration for researching and clarifying the mechanisms of CMM processing.

Some thinking on study and enaction of quality standards of ethnic crude drugs / 中华中医药杂志

In this paper,the author preliminarily discusses significance for strengthening the standard work of ethnic crude drugs in China,and summarizes overall achievements and insufficiency of this work.Further,the authors puts forward his own points about the scope or conditions of the crude drugs recorded in national or local drug standards,the main principle of quality standards formulation,as well as several problems that should be paid attention to in the actual research.Moreover,the author puts forward some beneficial suggestions about strengthening the standardization building of ethnic crude drugs in China.