Application of Cheng's needling method like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water in treatment of pain syndrome
Xi, X.-D.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 25(1): 43-45
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0255-2930 PMID: 16309156 Document Number: 588073
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.