Zhang Zihe Blood Pricking Therapy In "Ru Men Shi Qin"

ObjectiveZhang Zihe is one of the four renowned chinese physicians in Jin Yuan,his medical treatment is more on attacking directly on the cause of disease,his medical books "Ru Men Shi Qin" reviewed that "healthy through eating,treatment sickness with the drug","normal blood circulation".Zhang Zihe has the most method of therapys;his skill inherited from Zhongjing,Hejian,he is good at sweating,vomiting and excreting the three highly distinctive methods of Traditional Chinese medicine treatment,which he is professionally well verse with.Despite he is mainly using Chinese herbal for treating the illness,he is also very good at acupuncture treatment especially blood-pricking therapy which has a significant contribution to the acupuncture field.Zhang zihe hardworking as an bee on "Huang Di Nei Jing",the blood-pricking therapy theory is inherited from the "Huang Di Nei Jing",but was slightly enhanced through his experience gained from practice.This can be reflected in his medical book "Ru Men Shi Qin",almost every medical case are following the steps of "Huang Di Nei Jing" as the treatment mechanism of the original interpretation.Blood-pricking therapy is simple to practise,cost is cheap,very surprisingly effective with green fly,fewer unfortunate side effects,is a highly distinctive method of acupuncture treatment.Professionally separating out the relevant theories,treatments and medical records of Zhang zihe blood-pricking therapy,and carefully studied and explored the academic thoughts of bloodletting in a more comprehensive way so that the latter can learn more fully Zhang zihe and the blood-pricking therapy academic content.In doing so,providing some distinctive guidelines or references for the clinically practising of the blood-pricking therapy.MethodsIn this particular study,the ancient literature research methods,academic history methods and theoretical analysis methods were used to analyse the relevant blood pricking therapy published in China for the past 30 years.The relevant acupuncture meridian theory was used to explain and support blood pricking therapy,so as to explose and fully understand the clinically theory of Zhang Zihe while he practising blood pricking therapy.ResultsBy studying the ancient traditional Chinese medicine books and the modern Chinese medicine books relating to blood pricking therapy,modern chinese physicians researched on Zhang Zihe's blood therapy so sad to say they only confined to its academic origin,bloodletting theory,bloodletting points and bloodletting characteristics.Rarely look into the lift down movement theory which is a very important theory to all Jin and Yuan Dynasties doctors,see whether Zhang Zihe is also practising this theory into his blood pricking therapy.Nowaday,blood pricking therapy has been widely clicnically used by the chinese physicians while treating the patients and they have come up with some new blood pricking equipments and methods.ConclusionsNo doubts Zhang Zhe's blood pricking therapy is inherited from the "Huang Di Nei Jing",but if Zhang Zihe only good at inheritance and never innovate to improve the theory the he will not have such an extraordinary achievements.Therefore,I choose Zhang zihe medical book "Ru Men Shi Qin" to start off my analysis on blood pricking therapy,hopefully by doing so it can improve the clinical effectiveness this ancient method.