摘要
"Nine forms of needles"were the nine kinds of ancientacupuncture tools,which were made of different stones and met-als in China,firstly recorded in the anctient monumental work,The Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Internal Medicine(722-221 B.C.).After that,except the filiform needle,the others had beenlost gradually.Fortunately,the eminent clinical acupuncturist inChina,world well-known scholar of acupuncture,director of theInstitute of Shanxi Huaitang Nine Forms of Needles,chief Dr Shihuaitang has developed new nine forms of needles using mordenmedicine,morden science and technologey on the basiss ofstuding on the ancient nine forms of needles,and estabished u-nique new nine forms of needles therapies.These therapies