The analysis of 'pain-point needling'

Abstract

Doctors throughout the ages has explanations on “pain-point needling', modern scholars combine clinical and put forward different opinions, mainly focus on two aspects, one is a different understanding of the pain points, second is the relationship with the Ashi points. Author reviews related provisions in “Neijing”, consider 'pain-point needling' is the acupoint selection method raised out from “Lingshu Jingjin”, and meridian sinews diseases mostly concentrated in the location between the body surface and the muscles, where it’s entering striae invading sinews, its main symptom is pain, main pathologic response is tenderness. Meridian sinews cannot transmit energy and blood so no acupoints can mention, only “pain-point needling” be the optimized acupoint selection method treating meridian sinews Bi-syndrome. “Pain-point needling' is one of the Ashi point selection methods, it differs from Ashi point’s concept (a generic name for a category of the acupoints without clear locations, those other than meridian acupoints and extra-meridian acupoints), that should be distinguished clearly.