Study On Pricking Blood Therapy In Hangdi Neijing

Huangdi Neijing, the author, firstly sorting out the articles of pricking blood-letting therapy in Huangdi Neijing and then consulting related annotations of ancient physicians and related practical applications in medical works of past dynasty, made a classification and analysis from the aspect of basic theory, related manipulations and clinical applications.The study mainly focuses on basic theory and relevant manipulations, as point selection methods, needling location and operation taboos, especially those unique aspects of arterial pricking and essential factors for bleeding amount which are rarely encountered in modern clinical applications but definitely described in Huangdi Neijing. Therefore the partial characteristics of blood-letting puncture in Huangdi Neijing can be featured out in the meantime of introducing the overall appearances of blood-letting puncture. In the chapter of clinical applications, some differences were found by reorganizing and comparing the research results, clinical applications of past ages and contemporary clinical reports. From aspects of integrity and system, the medical works of past ages on blood-letting puncture are contained in Huangdi Neijing. Clinically, the disease spectrums of modern clinical application for pricking blood-letting methods in modern TCM are wider than the ancient period.The specific results of research:①main functions of pricking blood-letting method in Huangdi Neijing:purging heat and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis.②main features:wide indications and fast effect.③main point-selecting approaches:selecting points according to syndrome differentiation, selecting points according to local points and selecting points according to syndromes.④puncturing locations:artery and vein.⑤main instruments for puncturing:shear needle, lance needle and stiletto needle.⑥essential factors for bleeding amount:patients' constitutions, characteristics of diseases, puncturing locations and seasons as well as qi and blood in meridians and collaterals.⑦taboos:disease, manipulation and environment.⑧the nature of diseases:excess syndrome, heat syndrome and blood stasis syndrome.⑨main diseases:a total of 24 kinds of diseases, including Bi Syndrome, Malaria, Headache, Lumbago and so on.