Explanation of Indications and Therapeutic Effect of Huitong Stone-Needling
Guided by the academic thought of Inner Canon of Huangdi,Huitong stone-needling uses the stone-needle of Sishui to treat diseases with light scrubbing and scraping methods.The effect of stone-needle therapy is mainly characterized by purging.It was believed that stone-needling has four efficacies of expelling wind,clearing heat,moving qi and activating blood.It can be used to treat syndrome of external contraction of pathogenic wind,excess heat syndrome of yang,as well as syndrome of qi stagnation and blood stasis in some diseases.The tonifying effect of stone-needling is not strong,so stone-needling should be combined with moxibustion and Chinese medicinals for patients with deficiency-excess in complexity.
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