A review on the application of ZHENG's"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture
"Jingou Diaoyu"("金钩钓鱼")acupuncture technique is a characteristic technique inherited by ZHENG's academic school of acupuncture in Gansu Province.It is one of the empirical techniques of ZHENG's family established by Mr.ZHENG Yulin,the father of Professor ZHENG Kuishan,the"Northwest Acupuncture King",based on the experience of predecessors and his own clinical practice.It has the effect of relaxing tendons and activating collages,relieving pain through regulating meridians,dispersing congealing and eliminating blood stasis.Clinically,it is used for all diseases of Qi(气)stagnation and blood stasis.Compared with ordinary acupuncture,"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture method has the advantages of less acupoint selection,better curative effect,stronger sense of Qi and easier access to the disease place.This paper summarizes the operation key points,and clinical application rules and characteristics of"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture in recent ten years from two major aspects of acupuncture operation and clinical application,emphasizing that"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture is widely used in clinical practice,and it is found that this acupuncture technique has good clinical efficacy in the treatment of diseases and treats a variety of diseas-es.Among them,this acupuncture method has advantage in treating diseases of lumbar disc herniation,scapulohumeral periarthritis,facial paraly-sis,tinnitus,deafness and paralysis after stroke.In the paper,the relevant diseases are systematically classified,and it is found that they are mainly in the motor system,nervous system,digestive system,urogenital system and so on.At the same time,it also points out the advantages of"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture method and the existing problems in the use of this acupuncture method,such as some clinical controlled studies with un-reasonable experimental design,few observational indicators,and lack of animal experimental research reports on"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture method.In the future,it is necessary to strengthen the study of these aspects and conduct clinical controlled studies with large samples,reasonable design,and objective observation indicators,and animal experiments on the mechanism of"Jingou Diaoyu"acupuncture should be carried out,so as to provide reference for further promotion of this technique.