[Origin and exploration of "white tiger shaking the head" technique]

White tiger shaking head technique is one of the four techniques for meridian qi conduction. It is a very complicated technique and has many controversies by medical scholars of dynasties, which results in the difficulties in the normalization of manipulation in teaching and clinical practice. In the paper, in terms of the origins and the statements of medical scholars in different dynasties, it is attempted to explain the original technique, to explore the existing questions in practice and also propose the understanding on this technique.