Characteristics of Mang Needle Therapy and Its Clinical Application

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 108 - 110
• Main Author: 吴志刚 杨兆钢
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian 01.04.2008; Springer Nature B.V; Department of Acupuncture, TCM Hospital of Xiqing District, Tianjin 300380, P. R. China%The FirstAffiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, ER. China
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Case Report; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; 吞咽障碍; 针刺疗法; 长针疗法; 癃闭; 痹证; Low Back Pain; Arthralgia Syndrome; Acupuncture Therapy; R245.31; Deglutition Disorders; 长针疗法; Long Needle Therapy; 针刺疗法; Uroschesis; 腰痛; 吞咽障碍
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/s11726-008-0108-y

Mang needle （elongated needle, 芒针） is evolved from the long needle, one kind of nine needles in the ancient times, and is primarily characterized by its long needle-body and its arrival at the deep tissues of the body. However, because of the particularity of the physiology and anatomy of some diseases, direct deep puncturing can＇t reach the due tissues, thus the treatment results are affected. Based upon the deep puncturing of Mang needle and the physiology and anatomy of the human body, professor YANG Zhao-gang, a well-known acupuncturist, has made many improvements and innovations, in his long-term clinical practice, in the manipulations and indications of Mang needle, consequently to establish a series of unique puncturing techniques of Mang needle, which work excellently on some difficult and complicated diseases. This Mang needle therapy is introduced as follows.