The emergence of nine needles in Nèijīng（《内经》, The Inner Classic） laid a foundation for the formation and development of needling instruments and acupuncture manipulation in later ages, but the application...The emergence of nine needles in Nèijīng（《内经》, The Inner Classic） laid a foundation for the formation and development of needling instruments and acupuncture manipulation in later ages, but the application of nine needles was not realized during clinical practice of acupuncture-moxibustion in later ages. Round-sharp needle is one of the nine needles. In this study, round-sharp needle was taken as an example to introduce the excavation and revitalization of nine needles and diagnosis and treatment rules explored by Mr. CHEN Lixin according to The Inner Classic. The needle shape, needling manipulation and clinical application of round-sharp needle based on The Inner Classic were described in detail.展开更多
Since acupuncture came to western countries,research has been done to try and prove whether or not it is effective.Current Acupuncture research is most often based on the sham needle which was first designed by K Stre...Since acupuncture came to western countries,research has been done to try and prove whether or not it is effective.Current Acupuncture research is most often based on the sham needle which was first designed by K Streitberger and J Kleinhenz in 1998.The sham acupuncture needles are developed for the control group and do not penetrate the skin.Sham acupuncture has been used in randomized controlled trial（RCT） for diseases which normally benefit from acupuncture treatment.The sham needle is not the best placebo needle though.Because of the use of sham acupuncture,the result of those research shows acupuncture having no effect or it shows there is no significant difference between real acupuncture（verum） and sham acupuncture（placebo）.However,a detailed introduction of the Nine Classical Needles（ancient） and the Nine Modern Needles（SHI＇s nine needles） shows that the use of sham acupuncture in RCT research is flawed by design.This then casts doubt on the findings and conclusions reached by using sham acupuncture in RCT acupuncture research.展开更多
基金Supported by Science and technology research project of institution of higher education in Hebei Province:QN2015139planned project of science and technology support in Hebei Province:132777268planned scientific research project of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hebei Province:2014014
文摘The emergence of nine needles in Nèijīng（《内经》, The Inner Classic） laid a foundation for the formation and development of needling instruments and acupuncture manipulation in later ages, but the application of nine needles was not realized during clinical practice of acupuncture-moxibustion in later ages. Round-sharp needle is one of the nine needles. In this study, round-sharp needle was taken as an example to introduce the excavation and revitalization of nine needles and diagnosis and treatment rules explored by Mr. CHEN Lixin according to The Inner Classic. The needle shape, needling manipulation and clinical application of round-sharp needle based on The Inner Classic were described in detail.
文摘Since acupuncture came to western countries,research has been done to try and prove whether or not it is effective.Current Acupuncture research is most often based on the sham needle which was first designed by K Streitberger and J Kleinhenz in 1998.The sham acupuncture needles are developed for the control group and do not penetrate the skin.Sham acupuncture has been used in randomized controlled trial（RCT） for diseases which normally benefit from acupuncture treatment.The sham needle is not the best placebo needle though.Because of the use of sham acupuncture,the result of those research shows acupuncture having no effect or it shows there is no significant difference between real acupuncture（verum） and sham acupuncture（placebo）.However,a detailed introduction of the Nine Classical Needles（ancient） and the Nine Modern Needles（SHI＇s nine needles） shows that the use of sham acupuncture in RCT research is flawed by design.This then casts doubt on the findings and conclusions reached by using sham acupuncture in RCT acupuncture research.
