Chinese-English Diagrams of Acupuncture Manipulations
Contents
CHAPTER 
1 BASIC NEEDLING TECHNIQUES
SECTION 1 STRUCTURE AND SIZE OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE
1. Structure
2. Size
SECTION 2 HOLDING TECHNIQUES
1. Holding with double fingers
2. Holding with three fingers
3. Holding with four fingers
4. Holding the handle and pressing the tail
5. Holding the body
6. Holding with double hands
SECTION 3 PACTICE OF NEEDLING SKILLS
1. The paper-cushion and cotton-pack practice of needling
2. Practice on oneself
3. Practice on each other
SECTION 4 POSTURES
1. Supination
2. Pronation
3. Side sleeping
4. Supine sitting
5. Prone sitting
6. Side pronation
SECTION 5 TECHNIQUES OF INSERTION
1. The needing hand and pressing hand
2. Inserting techniques
SECTION 6 THE NEEDLING ANGLE, DIRECTION AND DEPTH
1. Needling angles
2. Needling direction
3. Needling depth
SECTION 8 ACUPOINT PENETRATION
1. Acupoint penetration on same meridian
2. penetratied needling on the meridians nearby
3. Penetration of the meridians in internal and external as well as yin and yang relation
SECTION 9 RETENTION OF THE NEEDLE
1. Static retention of the needle
2. Active retention of the needle
SECTION 10 WITHDRAWAL OF THE NEEDLE
CHAPTER 2 NEEDLING TECHNIQUES FOR THE FILEFORM NEEDLES
SECTION 1 BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR MANIPULATION
1. Lifting and thrusting techniques
2. Rotating techniques
SECTION 2 SUPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES USED BEFORE AND AFTER NEEDLING
1. Pinching the acupoints
2. Nail scratching
3. Nailing
4.Holding by fingers
5.Seeking
6.Kneading
7.Pinching
8.Knocking
10.Pressing
11.Tapping
12.Rubbing
13.Scratching
SECTION 3 SUPPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES FOR MANIPULATION
1. Insertion
2. Rotation
3. Twisting
4. Flicking
5. Scraping
6. Finger flicking
7. Shaking
8. Swinging
9. Swaying
10. Swaying for dissipation
11. Swirling
12. Tremoring
13. Thrusting
14. Pushing by rotation
15. Pushing
16. Pressing
17. Knocking
18. Flying
19. Bending
20. Scratching
21. Fixed flicking
22. Bending and cushioning
23. Seeking
24. Withdrawal
25. Retention
26. Lifting
27. Pulling
28. Pressing the acupoint
SECTION 4 GENERAL STRENGTHENING AND REDUCING TECHNIQUES
1. Strengthening and reducing techniques by lifting and thrusting
2. Strengthening and reducing techniques by rotation
3. Strengthening and reducing techniques by speed
4. Strengthening and reducing techniques by confrontation and following
5. Strengthening and reducing techniques according to respiration
6. Nine-Six strengthening and reducing techniques by nine plus six
7. Strengthening and reducing techniques by opening and closing the needled qcupoint
8. Normal strengthening and reducing techniques
SECTION 5 COMPLICATED NEEDLING TECHNIQUES
1. Heat-inducing techniques
2. Cool-inducing techniques
3. Yin-hiding-in-yang method
4. Yang-hiding-in-yin method
5. Left-right rotating. Up-down thrusting-lifting method
6. Dragon-tiger-struggle method
7. Qi-pushing method
8. Retention of qi method
9. Repeated lifting and pressing method
10. Activating qi method
11. Qi-lifting method
12. Regulation of qi method
13. Pyretic strengthening method
14. Cold reducing method
15. Strgngthening method by inducing heat
16. Reducing method by inducing cool sensation
17. Blue-dragon-wagging-tail method
18. White-tiger-shaking-head method
19. Black-tortoise-seeking-for-hole method 20. Red-phoenix-meeting-its-source method SECTION 6 OTHER NEEDLING ECHNIQUES 1. Needling ying and wei 2. Single needling 3. Rotatory needling 4. Sparrow-pecking method 5. Leakage-needling method 6. Tremoring-needling method 7. Irregular-needling method 8. Intermittent-needling method 9. Retaining-needlings method 10. Close-open supplementary technique for promoting qi flow CHAPTER 3 DESCRIPTION OF NEEDLING TECHNIQUES IN NEIJING SECTION 1 NINE NEEDLING TECHNIQUES 1. Shu needling 2. Distal needling 3. Meridian needling 4. Collateral needling 5. Muscular needling 6. Major reducing needling 7. Cutaneous needling 8. Opposite-side needling 9. Cauterized needling Appendix: Nine needles SECTION 2 TWELVE NEEDLING TECHNIQUES 1. Symmetrical needling 2. Trigger needling 3. Rehabilitating needling 4. Ranked needling 5. Surrounded needling 6. Perpendicular needling 7. Shu needling 8. Short needling 9. Superficial needling 10. Yin needling 11. Accompanied needling 12. Repeatedly sparse needling SECTION 3 FIVE NEEDLING TECHNIQUES 1. Semi-needling 2. Leopard-spot needling 3. Joint needling 4. Hegu needling 5. Shu needling SECTION 4 TRIPLE NEEDLING AND QI-DIRECTING TECHNIQUES 1. Triple needling techniques 2. Qi-directing technique CHAPTER 4 PENETRATED NEEDLING 1. Vertex needling 2. Impulsive needling 3. Tongtian needling 4. Tongtianzhen Duifengci needling 5. Tongdingpang needling 6. Brain-clearing needling 7. Shuaigu Duifeng needling 8. Ear-clearing needling 9. Erlong needling 10. Bazi needling 11. T-shaped needling of Ermen and Xiaguan 12. Crossed needling of Baihui 13. Technique for improving eyesight 14. Xiangwei needling 15. Seven-needling techniques for asthma 16. Needling of hardness 17. T-shaped needling of Quchi 18. Heart-strengthening technique 19. Hypnosis needling 20. Lung-clearing technique 21. Yang-thrusting needling 22. Spleen-invigorating needling 23. Triple needling of the knee 24. Crossed T-Shaped needling of Weizhong 25. First Yang-Penetrating Needling 26. Second Yang-Penetrating Needling 27. Third Yang-Penetrating Needling 28. Hidrosis-Stopping needling 29. Leg-Strengthening needling CHAPTER 5 QRTISTIC NEEDLING 1. Needling four sides of Baihui 2. Four-flowered needling toward Baihui <