Clinical experience of Professor Shao Jing-ming: a master of acupuncture-moxibustion

针灸大师邵经明教授临床经验采撷

Professor Shao Jing-ming had practiced Chinese medicine for more than 80 years with rich clinical experience and exquisite acupuncture techniques. From his clinical experience, Professor Shao's clinical features can be summarized as the followings: attaching importance to the theory of meridians and collaterals, combining pattern identification and disease identification, using fewer acupoints for treatment, and using Ashi point and Hegu (LI 4) to treat goiter. He emphasized the priority and sequence in acupoint-selection and manipulation. In treatment of epilepsy, he proposed to treat it according to the situation and paid great attention to the special function of the extraordinary acupoints. During the onset, it should be managed by calming the mind and controlling the symptoms;during the remission period, acupuncture and drugs should be applied simultaneously to regulate qi-blood and yin-yang, so as to reduce the frequency of attacks. He believed that acupuncture manipulation be one of the key factors in achieving the efficacy. In treatment of the motive diseases, such as convulsions and cramps, acupuncture with static and longer needle-retaining time should be adopted to control the limb movement, to strengthen the stimulation and to obtain a long-term efficacy. Professor Shao Jing-ming's medical records range from internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology and pediatrics, listing various refractory diseases effectively treated by him. Professor Shao was a moral and erudite Chinese medicine master, and his clinical experience is worthy of inheritance and development.

邵经明教授临床行医80余年,针灸技法精湛,临床经验丰富.通过整理邵教授临床医案,总结邵教授的临证经验特点为:重视经络理论,辨证与辨病相结合,用穴少而精,阿是穴、合谷治疗瘿.强调"取穴有主次,施术有先后".治疗痫证分轻重缓急,注重奇穴的特殊作用.发作期镇惊安神,控制症状,缓解期则针药并举,调理气血阴阳,减少发作频率,认为手法是针刺取效的关键因素之一.对于以动态表现为主的病症如抽搐、痉挛等,采用"静而久留"针法,以静制动,增强刺激,以获得远期疗效.邵经明教授临床医案涉及内、外、妇、儿各科,治疗各种沉疴痼疾均有良效.邵教授作为一代厚德博学的国医大师,其经验值得进一步继承和发扬.