SUN Hua's Experience of Applying"Musculature-Tendon Intersection"Acupuncture Therapy Combined with Acupuncture Exercise Therapy in Treating Heel Pain
CHEN Suhui
XU Hong
ZHANG Yamin
DENG Peiying
ZHANG Qiongqiong
Abstract：This paper introduces Professor SUN Hua's clinical experience of applying acupuncture therapy combined with acupuncture exercise therapy in treating heel pain guided under the theory of"musculature-tendon intersection"."Musculature-tendon intersection"means that the tendons and meridians of the whole body exhibit a left-right crossing pattern,as described in the discussion of the foot Shaoyang meridian tendon in Miraculous Pivot·Meridian and Tendon.This represents the embodiment of the principle of"cross acupoint selection"in meridian tendon diseases.Acupuncture exercise therapy is a kind of acupuncture therapy that combines acupuncture with exercise.Professor SUN Hua holds that heel pain is the syndrome of asthenia in origin and asthenia in superficiality,of which the deficiency of the essence of kidney,deficiency of qi and blood are the root causes,and the symptom of obstruction of meridians by external pathogens is the manifestion;In terms of treatment,the healthy side of Hanyan(GB4)is acupunctured under the guidance of the theory of"musculature-tendon intersection"first,after needling response is achieved,acupuncture exercise therapy is combined to lead qi to the disease location,while attention is paid to acupoints selection based on the differentiation of zang-fu meridians and collaterals.
Keywords：musculature-tendon intersectionacupunc-ture exercise therapyheel paindifferentiation of zang-fu meridians and collateralscross acupoint selectionSUN Hua
Publication Date：2025-04-05
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 444-447 )