Application of Cheng's needling method like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water in treatment of pain syndrome / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

Cheng's needling method like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water is a needling method handed down in the family of chief TCM physician Cheng Zi-jun and it has been applied clinically for over one hundred years. It is a unique reinforcing-reducing method of acupuncture with simple and convenient manipulation and excellent therapeutic effect, which is created and gradually completed by Cheng's grandfather Mr. Cheng Jin-he on the basis of studying ancient various reinforcing-reducing methods. In the method, stimulating amount of acupuncture is introduced into reinforcing-reducing. Clinically, this method is used to treat various chronic pain syndromes with rapid effect.