Excavation And Research Of The Republican-period Guangxi Acupuncture School

Objective: The purpose of this article is to excavate and organize the associated literature about the Republican-period Guangxi acupuncture school,and elaborate the creation and inheritance,the specific content of Guangxi acupuncture therapy,life story and academic experience of dominating figures,and research existing representative works,so then reach the goal of supplying Bagui medicine,providing reference for the teaching,clinical and scientific research of acupuncture and moxibustion.Methods: Firstly,collect related information about the Republican-period Guangxi acupuncture school from Chinese database;secondly,visit the library,the archives,the hospital,the people to know,and discover the text,the image and so on by field survey;thirdly,using the theories and methods of Chinese medical literature,theories of schools of traditional Chinese medicine,and acupuncture and moxibustion,to study the materials and discuss the related problems,ultimately complete the research.Results: The republican-period Guangxi acupuncture school,which began in the late Qing Dynasty and flourished in the period of the Republic of China era,founded by Zuo Shengde and carried forward by Luo Zhechu,is a school of which had a great influence on the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in modern China.The main representatives are Zuo Shengde,Luo Zhechu,Zheng Jinghou,Cao Yiming,Zhang Zhiping,Qiu Rugeng,Mo Xue Cun,Liu Zetao and Tian Liquan.The Republican-period Guangxi acupuncture school specialize in Guangxi acupuncture therapy,which mainly uses midnight-noon and ebb-flow doctrine,eight methods of intelligent turtle,yuan-source points and collateral-points combination for selection principle,is good at use sixty-six points and the eight confluent acupoints connecting the eight extra channels.The tool is Guangxi gag bit needles,and the technique of acupuncture is unique,and it emphasizes taking acupoints of the best quality,matching acupuncture points rigorously,bringing about the desired sensation quickly.Its academic achievements and influence are mainly embodied in four aspects: firstly,compiles acupuncture and moxibustion medical books and benefits the study;secondly,set up education and lead the wind of learning;thirdly,activate in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion to promote the development;lastly,help patients with both a benevolent mind and heart.The representative figures had inherited and carried forward the Guangxi acupuncture therapy.By using clinical practice and the use of modern scientific research methods,they not only had made some achievements in teaching and scientific research of midnight-noon and ebb-flow doctrine,but also strengthened the acupuncture therapy’s advantage in the treatment of eye diseases and mental diseases,even created a therapeutic acupuncture therapy named long needle therapy.The representative works are The essence of Acupuncture and The Acupuncture and moxibustion collection of the Inner Canon of Huangdi,which need to be further explored and studied.Conclusion(s): The Republican-period Guangxi acupuncture school,which main academic characteristics is Guangxi acupuncture therapy,is a famous acupuncture school in modern China.Its way of inheritance is transmitting from master to student.The representative figures are Zuo Shengde,Luo Zhechu,Zheng Jinghou,Cao Yiming,Zhang Zhiping,Mo Xuecun,Qiu Rugeng,Liu Zetao and Tian Liquan.The school has trained excellent experts in acupuncture and moxibustion to make outstanding contributions to medical and health undertakings all over the country,which has a great influence on the development of modern acupuncture and moxibustion in China and greatly enhance the status of Ba Gui medicine.