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Basic Principles and Techniques

By Professor Chang Xiaorong (Editor-in-chief), Yuan Yiqin (Edited by), Ai'Kun (Edited by)

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Table of Contents

1. Structure, Specification, Check and Keep of the Filiform Needle.; 2. Needling Practices.; 3. Preparations.; 4. Insertions.; 5. Direction, Angle and Depth of Insertion.; 6. Manipulations and Arrival of Qi.; 7. Reinforcing and Reducing Methods of Acupuncture.; 8. Four Comprehensive Needling Manipulations Called Dragon-Tiger-Tortoise-Phoenix.; 9. Retention and Withdrawal of Needles.; 10. Management and Prevention of Accidents.; 11. Precautions.

About the Author

Professor Chang Xiaorong is a doctorate advisor and leading teacher in the Hunan higher education system. She is the Director of the National TCM Administration's Meridian-Organ Relationship Key Research Unit, as well as the director and academic leader of the Hunan Provincial Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Tuina Key Discipline, director of the Hunan Acupuncture Provincial High Quality Courses, vice-president of the Hunan Acupuncture Association and research topic correspondent reviewer for the National Natural Sciences Foundation. She has been involved with acupuncture for thirty years and has taught the bachelors degree courses 'Acupuncture', 'Meridians and Acupoints', and 'Needling and Moxibustion', as well as the postgraduate courses 'The Scientific Basis of Acupuncture' and 'The Clinical Research Advancement of Acupuncture'. Professor Chang's primary research focus areas are 'Acupuncture Meridian and Collateral Research-Meridian and Organ Relationship Rules and Mechanism Research' and 'Clinical and Experimental Research on Moxibustion Methods'.