Professor Li Zhi-dao's experience on knee osteoarthritis / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

Professor Li Zhi-dao has special method to treat knee osteoarthritis. He pays great attention to Feijing Zouqi method; beside the traditional acupoints, he creates two groups of acupoints nine acupoints of the anterior or the posterior of the thigh, and what's more, he emphasises on improving the function of tendon; he particularly adopts fire needle therapy for the severe and invalidism patients. In addition, professor Li Zhi-dao pays great attention to the effect of the model and method of exercise on the osteoarthritis, and he advocates the patient should keep right active and passive movement of knee joint.