[The key instructions of acupuncture manipulation by Prof. Zhang Jin]

Prof. ZHANG Jin began study on the acupuncture manipulation skills from 1950s, his study covered seven aspects. Based on the ancient texts of Instruction of Acupuncture Canon: Reinforcing and Reducing Methods (by DOU Han-Qing) and Qiong Yao Book and Acupuncture, twenty-four single manipulations were summarized. This paper introduces the basic theory and specific procedure and clinical applications for the manipulation methods, such as Xun-fa, She-fa, Pan-fa, Cuo-fa, Fei-fa etc.