Horizontal and Vertical Acupuncture Methods - Part 2
Horizontal and Vertical Acupuncture Methods
One-Point & Two-Point Needle Technique for:
- Acupuncture Method for Myopia (Near-sightedness)
- Eye Disease
- Knee + Character Acupuncture Method
- Collateral Ligament Injury of the Knee Joint
There are fixed acupuncture methods within horizontal and vertical acupuncture techniques that are specific to certain diseases but can also treat different conditions in a similar manner
Time: 2 hours
Language: Chinese
Qian Dejin
Origin: Yangzhou, Jiangsu
Born: 1947, into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
Professional Titles:
- Associate Chief Physician
- Fifth-generation successor of the authentic Yizhichan Tuina (Finger Zen Massage) technique (inherited from his great-uncle Qian Fuqing and father Qian Jianmin)
- Founder of the Chinese Vertical and Horizontal Needle Technique
- Inheritor of the Qian family's Yizhichan Tuina, recognized as an intangible cultural heritage
- Honorary Dean of the Sino-British Vertical and Horizontal Acupuncture Institute
- President of the Chinese Vertical and Horizontal Needle Technique Research Association
- Vice President of the International Integrative Medicine Society
Contributions:
In the late 1970s, Dejin Qian and his elder brother Shijin Qian co-created the "Chinese Vertical and Horizontal Needle Technique." In 1987, this technique was scientifically validated by an expert panel led by acupuncture master Maoliang Qiu, and it won the Class A Science and Technology Progress Award from the Jiangsu Provincial Health Department the same year. In 2014, the technique was designated as a national continuing education project by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Publications:
Dejin Qian authored "Chinese Vertical and Horizontal Needle Technique," which was published in 2017. Alongside Professor Zhao Yi, former Vice President of the Chinese Tuina Association, he co-authored "Yizhichan Tuina," published in 2020. This book marked the end of the era when Tuina lacked its own specialized theoretical foundation. The Qian family's Yizhichan Tuina was recognized as a national continuing education project by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2017.
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