The key instructions of acupuncture manipulation by Prof. Zhang Jin / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

Prof. ZHANG Jin began study on the acupuncture manipulation skills from 1950s, his study covered seven aspects. Based on the ancient texts of Instruction of Acupuncture Canon Reinforcing and Reducing Methods (by DOU Han-Qing) and Qiong Yao Book and Acupuncture, twenty-four single manipulations were summarized. This paper introduces the basic theory and specific procedure and clinical applications for the manipulation methods, such as Xun-fa, She-fa, Pan-fa, Cuo-fa, Fei-fa etc.