2022 North American Acupuncture/TCM Expert Summit 

History of FCA (facial cosmetic acupuncture)

Difference between FCA and western facial rejuvenation methods

In what way does FCA achieve results?

TCM facial diagnosis techniques that can be used to diagnose the body

Chinese face reading diagnosing according to color

Chinese face reading diagnosis according to regions of the face

Needling techniques for FCA , submission, lifting and pinning, threading

Types of needles used for FCA

Distal points commonly used in FCA

Special Precautions

TCM pattern differentiation and constitutional treatment  for FCA

Commonly used acupuncture points

My personal protocol

The business model of FCA

Objective:

Some studies made at the Tuina Department in the first affiliated hospital of the Tianjin University of traditional Chinese medicine had shown that Jin Gu Zang Fu abdominal Tuina (津沽脏腑推拿) can treat effectively chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) and its related symptoms. But the treatment mechanism is not yet totally clear.  The objective is To investigate the Jin Gu Zang Fu abdominal Tuina technique effects and mechanism of CFS/ME. Base on the fact that hippocampal HPA axial is the key treatment link and research hotspot of CFS, this study explains the preliminary relation of the Jin Gu Tuina Abdominal massage mechanism directing affecting the cerebral metabolisms with in the hippocampal region, to provide a strong scientific results and to prove that Jin Gu Tuina Abdominal massage technique can treat CFS patients effectively.

Methods:

For this study we included a total of 66 patients that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fall into the criteria of the 2015 IOM for CFS. they were divided into 2 groups each one containing 33 patients respectively. We use a randomized trial study, And the subjects were assign into two different groups: a treatment group that used Jin Gu Tuina Abdominal Massage to treat CFS (total of 33 subjects) and a control group who received standard acupuncture recommended in the Acupuncture treatment manual (针灸治疗学), (total of 33 patients). Finally, 5 cases dropped from the treatment group and 7 from the control group, giving a total of 54 patients for this study, 28 for the treatment group and 26 for the control group.

All the patients received treatment for four weeks period, 2 treatment courses each of 2 weeks. Before and after treatment patients were assess using the DePaul symptom questionary (DSQ-1) that is a Practical tool that is useful to help to diagnose CFS and can help to assess a wide variety of symptoms related with it. 

In the second part of this study, From the total of the patients that were include in this study 66 , 10 volunteers from each group were recruited to measure the biochemical changes in the hippocampal region of the brain using Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (MRS) examination. All the volunteers that join the second part of this research did a MRS examination before and after treatment and the results were analyzed using a statistical method. The MRS had the purpose to explain the Jin Gu Tuina abdominal massage mechanism and the impact it has on the hippocampal region metabolites on CFS patients. The 2 groups of volunteers; 10 from the control group and 10 from the treatment group, were compared with an independent healthy group of 10 volunteers to determinate there was any significance difference in the metabolites found on CFS patients compared with the healthy group.

This lecture will discuss what anxiety is and the different understandings of traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine. This lecture will discuss in detail the theoretical basis of TCM on anxiety, including Shen, shen Qi, essence and shen, and the relationship between Qi mechanism and Qi transformation. The psychopathological mechanism of anxiety will also be discussed, the relationship between important concepts in traditional Chinese medicine and modern psychological concepts will be discussed, and finally the treatment of anxiety will be discussed on the professional characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of anxiety, and clinical practical application. It is that the scholars and doctors participating in the conference can understand the basic understanding and important application principles of TCM on anxiety in order to improve the clinical treatment effect.

In the Canon of Internal Classic [Neijing], the skill of needling is distinguished by “The inferior skilled treats the body, and the superior skilled treats the mind”. This lecture puts forward “Regulating the mind by stimulating the body”, which emphasizes that the mental activities and abnormalities represented by the “mind” can be regulated by stimulating the acupoints or Acu-Reflex Points (ARPs) on the body surface (skin, blood vessel, nerve or tendon, muscle and bone) represented by the “five-bodies”. Many Chinese people are familiar with the old sayings “ten fingers linked to the heart”, “pain comes from cutting the skin”, “engrave the bones for memory” and so on, which states that the stimulation of the body surface can lead to unforgettable memories. Modern research has confirmed that stimulating some receptors located on the skin, myofascia and periosteum, can raise the tone of parasympathetic nerves and affect mental activities, which can have therapeutic effects on autism, depression, insomnia, memory reduction and Alzheimer’s disease. This lecture will review the interaction between the mind and the body, introduce the body surface reflection pattern of mental illnesses and Prof. Jin’s unique experience in applying the “five-bodies acupuncture” to treat common mental illnesses in his 56 years of practice.

One in every eight people in the world live with a mental disorder. Among such, depression is one of the leading causes of disability. In China, Canada, and the US, nearly 20-30% of people suffer from a mental disorder. Even among medical doctors, about 20% of them have depression due to burnout. The high occurrence of mental disorders is closely related to poor habits and unhealthy lifestyles. By understanding this correlation, it helps physicians in Chinese medicine to analyze disease patterns, seek root causes, and design proper treatment plans.

 Stroke is defined as a sudden loss of blood supply to the brain leading to permanent tissue damage caused by thrombotic, embolic, or hemorrhagic events. Almost 85% of strokes are ischemic, while 12% are hemorrhagic. The incidence of stroke varies dramatically over the life course, with incidence rates between 10 and 20 per 10,000 individuals in the age range of 55–64, while incidence rates increase to 200 per 10,000 individuals for those aged over 85. There are 700,000 strokes annually in the United States and 163,000 stroke related deaths according to the latest statistics of the American Heart Association . The association of neuropsychiatric disorders with cerebrovascular disease includes depression, anxiety disorder, apathy, cognitive disorder, mania, psychosis, pathological affective display, catastrophic reactions, fatigue, and anosognosia.Depression is the most common mood disorder following stroke that can  increase mortality rate up to ten times. It has been a major health issue due to its detrimental effects on cognitive function, social activity, and stroke rehabilitation. PSD is the focus of stroke treatment and prevention in China. As one of the traditional therapies in China, electroacupuncture (EA) has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of PSD in a couple of clinical studies. The early intervention with EA was shown to be beneficial for subsyndromal depression, with significantly improved symptoms and quality of life after 6 weeks of treatment.

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Numerous cases have illustrated that acupuncture method could improve cognitive function and daily living ability of AD patients. However, the optimal acupuncture treatments remain controversial. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a systematic review to compare the efficacy of multiple acupuncture therapies for AD and identify the optimal acupuncture intervention for delaying AD progression.

Methods: To select potentially concerned randomized controlled trials (RCTs), we searched in four English databases, four Chinese databases, and additional sources through 1st May 2021. Two independent reviewers conducted study screening, data extraction, and methodological quality assessment. Pair-wise and Bayesian network meta-analyses were performed to integrate direct and indirect evidence using STATA v15.0 and ADDIS v1.16.8. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) tool was used to assess the quality of evidence.

Results: This study included 34 RCTs with 2,071 participants. Regarding global cognitive function improvement, the pair-wise meta-analysis confirmed that electronic acupuncture (EA) plus conventional medicine (CM), manual acupuncture (MA) plus CM, were statistically significantly different from CM; and EA plus CM ranked as the best combination in the network meta-analysis. In terms of response rate, MA outperformed CM statistically significantly; in the network meta-analysis, warm acupuncture (WA) ranked as the best. Regarding activity of daily living improvement, EA plus CM, MA plus CM, fire acupuncture plus CM, MA, scalp acupuncture, and WA were statistically significantly different from CM; and EA plus CM was ranked as the best combination in the network meta-analysis. Moreover, five acupuncture methods had acceptable adverse events. However, the evidences were ranked as low to critically low.

Conclusions: Acupuncture, as a mono-therapy or an adjuvant therapy, may has a beneficial effect in efficacy and safety for AD. EA plus CM maybe the optimal acupuncture therapy for AD and should be administered to AD patients. It may aid and support patient, operative, and societal decision-making. Due to dearth of high-quality evidence, additional high-quality studies should be conducted to ensure these findings in the future.

Various studies have shown that sleep problems in the elderly are widespread, according to studies showing that sleep disorders increase with age, and it is estimated that 57% of the elderly over 60 years old have sleep disorders. With the increase of age, the quality and quantity of sleep of the elderly gradually decline, but the demand for sleep has not decreased. Although the bed time was long, the number of awakenings increased and the time prolonged. Because of sleep disorders, long-term use of sleeping drugs. Sleep disorders can cause patients to get up frequently and cause falls, while those who receive psychotropic drugs have a greatly increased risk of falling at night. In the elderly sleep disorders, depressive insomnia (DDI) and psychophysiological insomnia (PPI) are common chronic sleep disorders. It was found that the rapid eye movement sleep incubation period of DDI patients was significantly lower than that of PPI group, but the number of rapid eye movement sleep cycles was significantly higher than that of PPI group. Although there was no significant difference in sleep progression and sleep therapy evaluation between the two groups, DDI was treated with depressant drugs with sedative effect, and PPI was treated with hypnotic and limbic system neuronal activity inhibition drugs during treatment. In the acupuncture treatment of these two types of elderly sleep disorders, DDI is more inclined to soothing the liver and relieving depression, PPI is more inclined to calming the heart and tranquilizing the mind.

1.Definition of secondary stroke

2.Risk factors for second stroke

3.Prevention of second stroke Song’s theory of traditional Chinese medicine:

(1). Five transport and six Qi

(2).Symptoms and signs

(3). Living and working Habituation

(4). Living environment ( coastal wind wood land, inland basin)            

(5).Prediction model of traditional Chinese medicine

4.Intervention measures of traditional Chinese medicine: acupuncture, moxibustion, Tuina, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

5.Case

1. Introduction to herpes zoster

(1). Epidemiology (introduce incidence rates, age stages, etc.)

(2). Modern medicine for herpes zoster treatment

(3). Traditional Medicine for herpes zoster treatment

2. The theory and therapy

(1). Introduction to the Theory of “Huo Yu Fa Zhi”

(2). comprehensive high-dose moxibustion therapy for herpes zoster

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate stage between normal aging and dementia. In MCI, there is an objective cognitive decline, but independence in daily activities is preserved. MCI represents a significant risk factor for the development of dementia and is the primary target for early detection and management of dementia. Currently, the main clinical drugs for MCI are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors(AChEIs), However, here is no convincing evidence that AChEIs have an effect on cognitive test scores or the progression of MCI. Moreover, in the AChEI groups, there were in-creased risks of adverse events.   With the continuous development of medical science, the use of non-drug therapy to improve the cognitive function of MCI patients has become one of the current research hotspots. Traditional Chinese acupuncture, moxibustion and Traditional Chinese medicine are also widely used in the treatment of delaying the progression of MCI. There is some evidence suggesting that acupuncture and moxibustion might be beneficial for patients with MCI. In clinical treatment, our team found that moxibustion  have certain curative effect on MCI, so we selected GV20、CV8 and KI1 to form “San Cai of Health of Brain” moxibustion method to intervene MCI, to evaluate the improvement of its cognitive function. We found that Moxibustion therapy based on Sancai theory for brain health can improve cognitive impairment in patients with MCI and is thus an effective intervention method for improving the cognitive function of patients with MCI.

Psychostimulant abuse presents a great threat to global public health and security. After discontinuity of the drugs, the addicts would suffer from severe physical and psychological disturbances, called withdrawal syndrome. Negative emotions, such as anxiety and depression, are typical symptoms of withdrawal syndrome, which could last from months to years, making the detoxification more difficult, and the addicts would be susceptible to relapse after detoxification due to these unbearable emotions. Since 2018, we have conducted two pragmatic randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness of electroacupuncture (EA) for protracted opioid and methamphetamine withdrawal, and have found that EA at Shenmen (HT7), Neiguan (PC6), Zusanli (ST36), and Sanyinjiao (SP6) could not only attenuate physical discomforts and reduce drug craving, but effectively alleviate anxiety in patients with protracted opioid withdrawal and anxiety and depression in those with protracted methamphetamine withdrawal. These findings indicate that acupuncture could be also effective for negative emotions induced by pharmacogenic factors, while the detailed mechanisms need to be further elucidated.

Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD), accounting for more than 20% of all dementia cases worldwide. In particular, VaD constitutes about 30% of the dementia prevalence in developing countries due to poorer control of cardiovascular risk factors. The incidence of VaD increases with age steeply, rising from 1.5% at the age of 70–75 years old to 15% at the age of 80 years old and above. VaD is caused by a reduced cerebral blood flow supplying the brain that may be associated with a stroke or its risk factors. The main risk factors include hypertension, cardiac diseases, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, genetic disposition, physical inactivity, and obesity. Currently, cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs) contribute to cognitive impairment that is receiving heightened attention because they are potentially modifiable factors for both VaD and AD. VaD patients generally suffer from not only cognitive impairment but also a progressive disturbance in memory, mood, and behavior. Currently, there is still no effective treatment available for VaD. Standard treatment mostly focuses on symptomatic management and prevention of additional brain damage. Anti-AD pharmaceutical agents, known as cholinesterase inhibitors, glutamate receptor antagonists, and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists, have been used off-label for the symptomatic relief in people with VaD, exerting modest short-term (5-6 months) clinical benefits in improving cognitive function. However, the safety and the long-term therapeutic benefits of these interventions in VaD have not been validated.  Given the absence of modified therapies, more and more VaD patients resorted to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), as a pharmacological form of TCM, has been used for the treatment of aging-related disorders to improve memory function and increase longevity thousands of years ago in ancient China.

Manipulation of analgesic acupuncture is the key for outcome. According to traditional Chinese medicine, pain is due to the blockage of Qi and blood in the visceras and meridians caused by various pathogenesis, and pain is caused by obstruction. Acupuncture and moxibustion can promote qi and blood circulation, and function as “dredging”. The key is to acupuncture with appropriate analgesia techniques. There are many brilliant expositions on the manipulation of analgesic acupuncture in ancient books of Chinese medicine. I will briefly introduce the main points of the manipulation and summarize the research review of analgesic acupuncture at home and abroad in recent years. The following 10 analgesic needling methods are mainly used: ① Qi-guiding and meridian-dredging needling (for visceral pain); ② Warming and dredging meridian and collateral needling (for cold pain); ③ Mind-regulating and pain-relieving needling (for intractable pain); ④ Long-round and sharp needling (for sciatica); ⑤Blade needling (for various chronic neck pain and lumbago pain); and ⑥ Cupping and collaterals let-bleeding(for Sequelae pain after herpes zoster; ⑦Turtle acupoint-searching needling method (mainly used for knee joint pain); ⑧Dragon-tiger fighting needling method (for dysmenorrhea); ⑨wrist-ankle needling method (for various neuralgias); ⑩Motion needling method (for acute sprain pain).

1. An introduction to anxiety and depression

(1). Epidemiology (introduce incidence rates, age stages, etc.)

(2). The definition and treatment of anxiety and depression in modern medicine

(3). The relationship between “Spirit” and anxiety and depression in traditional Chinese medicine leads to the therapy of supporting yang, regulating qi, and eliminating dampness for the intervention of emotional diseases

2. Fuyang therapy

3. Regulating qi therapy

4. Removing dampness therapy

Compared with infectious diseases, chronic non-communicable diseases, which mainly includes tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, and diabetes. NCD mostly features complex inducing factors and is associated with multiple therapeutic targets. Especially in recent years, the number of tumor cases is increasing rapidly, and it has become one of the major diseases affecting human life span. Therefore, drug discovery targeting tumor therapy has become an important and challenging research field.

In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the treatment of NCD using Traditional Chinese Medicine. The most successful case is the drug discovery of Artemisinin by Prof. Tu Youyou. This drug can effectively cure malaria patients worldwide, and accordingly, Prof. Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015. Noteworthily, TCM shows advantages in treating NCD because of its structural diversity, low toxicity, and multiple therapeutic targets. Therefore, TCM can be regarded as one of the most valuable sources for drug discovery. For example, Indirubin and Ephedrine can be directly used as anti-tumor and adrenomimetic reagents, respectively. However, for most other active compounds, their chemical structure needs to be modified to achieve the purpose of clinical treatment. For instance, artemether obtained by reduction of artemisinin can be used as an antimalarial drug; chemical modification of Schisandra C can treat chronic hepatitis; and chemical modification of huperzine A can treat Alzheimer’s disease. As a result, the active compounds from traditional Chinese medicine can become an important source for drug discovery. Therefore, the chemical modification concerning core-scaffold, functional group, and chiral center is a promising way for new drug discovery.

The vinegar processing method was recorded in the first drug-procced monograph “Master Lei’s Discourse on Processing of Chinese Materia Medical”. According to the traditional processing theory, traditional Chinese medicine can enter the liver meridian after vinegar processing, which can ” Increasing efficiency-Reducing toxicity “. The research group took Curcuma phaeocaulis VaL. (CPV) from Sichuan province as an example to study the changes of ” chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of ” before and after vinegar processing. GC-MS and UPLC-MS were used to find that the types and quantities of various chemical components in volatile oil and curcuminoids were significantly changed before and after vinegar processing. The average content of curcumin, gemarone and furandiene increased by 15.44%, 13.94% and 24.24%, while the average content of curcumol decreased by 12.59%. After vinegar processing, the total transfer rates of Pb and Hg were significantly decreased, the total transfer rates of Cd and Cu were slightly decreased, and the total transfer rates of As were slightly increased. This may be one of the important material basis for the efficiency change of (CPV) after vinegar processing. The results of pharmacological experiments showed that the teratogenic effect on zebrafish embryos could be significantly improved after vinegar processing, and the absorption of the components in the volatile oil could be delayed, and the blood concentration could be stabilized to slow down the strong medicinal properties. At the same time, vinegar processing method can improve the anti-angiogenic activity of zebrafish embryos while ensuring the normal development of zebrafish embryos, enhance the regulation of TGF-β1/Smads pathway to improve the rat model of liver fibrosis, and increase the effect of its entering the liver meridian and breaking blood and eliminating symptoms. Therefore, the vinegar production of (CPV) is often used in clinical practice.

The incidence of metabolic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and non-alcohol fat liver disease is increasing worldwide, which threatens quality of life and human health. Recent evidences have shown a common association between these diseases and the dysfunction of gut microbiota. An interplay between gut microbiota and host occurs mainly at the gastrointestinal mucosal barrier. The host movements influence the composition and abundance of gut microbiota, whereas gut microbiota in turn modulate the metabolic and immunological activities of the host. Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) have a long history of playing a vital role in disease prevention, symptom alleviation, and health improvement. They have also shown considerable effects in the treatment of metabolic disorders by regulating the gut microbiota and its metabolites. With increasing evidence indicating that the gut microbiota is important in host health and may be associated with the therapeutic activity of TCM components, it may now be possible to assess the effects of TCMs from the perspective of the gut microbiota. Here, we review the reported correlation between TCMs and metabolic diseases and elucidates the underlying mechanisms with a focus on the alteration in the gut microbiota. In future, further studies are required with more advanced experimental design in order to reveal the interactions between TCMs and the gut microbiota, and provide new insight into and guidance for TCM-based drug discovery.

Patients with chronic illness show several common patterns: 1. They present one condition for treatment, but there are many other conditions. 2. Emotional stress makes the conditions worse. 3. Treatment helps only for a short time. 4. The stress connection is often ignored. A practitioner can treat chronic illness much more effectively if patterns of emotional reactivity can be reduced at the same time. Emotional stress when they are young leads to reactions that can repeat for years, becoming their ‘personality’. After many years, their subconsciousness starts to realize that these reactions are unhealthy and tries to stop them. When the patient’s brain cannot balance these opposite situations any more, there is a health crisis, usually in the weakest part of the body, e.g., heart attack, disease, disability. Then they go to a doctor for that crisis. The brain’s unconscious reaction is too fast to stop it consciously. But if we can slow the reaction, we can solve the stressful situation without the unconscious fight. If this reaction is stopped enough times, a new brain reaction to the situation forms and the harmful reaction subsides. Then health improves rapidly. When the harmful reactions change, the patient has much more energy for maintaining and repairing chronic health conditions. Subsequent acupuncture and herbal treatments have much greater impact on the patient’s primary condition, and in much less time, often progressing from relieving symptoms to actual prevention. This paper describes the three-step approach that the author has found effective to change the harmful reaction, with examples of clinical application.

Cosmetic facial acupuncture utilizes the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine to address the signs of aging.  According to TCM, aging conditions such as wrinkles, skin discoloration, or loss of muscle tone begins from a constitutional imbalance and fundamental deficiency of Qi.  

As we get older, there are various factors that contribute to wrinkles, sagging skin and other signs of aging. Accumulation of tension in facial, jaw, scalp and neck muscles are the also factors that lead to sagging, wrinkling, and dullness.

By inserting acupuncture needles into specific sites along the pathways of the face and the body, Qi can be manipulated to both improve and prevent aging conditions. An added benefit to cosmetic facial acupuncture is that changes are not limited to just the face. Since energy pathways travel from head to toe, manipulating Qi in the face affects the body and stimulating points elsewhere in the body addresses the face. When applying the techniques of TCM, a cosmetic facial acupuncture treatment improves facial appearance and addresses underlying body imbalances that may contribute to the aging process.

By strengthening and stimulating the body’s energy circulation, especially those of the face, cosmetic facial acupuncture can powerfully invigorate blood flow and energy circulation to restore a youthful shape to the face and at the same time, improve muscle tone and dermal contraction, while enhancing and increasing the elasticity of the skin

Facial acupuncture is also a form of collagen induction therapy (CIT), causing a micro trauma that will stimulate the production of collagen and elastin. Including a specialized needling technique by targeting the motor points of the face, muscles will release or tighten as needed, resulting in increased muscle tone and firmness.

3 step system to create younger looking skin:

1. Muscle layer: target motor points in weakened and flaccid muscles to tighten, lift and tone
2. Soft tissue and skin: stimulate collagen and elastin production to reduce fine lines and improve overall complexion
3. Blood circulation and general health: boost circulation to enhance oxygenation to cells in the face and balance disharmonies

Through a series of treatments, patients will look and feel more energetic, vibrant, and healthy. The result is a reduction in the appearance of wrinkles, sagging, under-eye puffiness and darkness and overall lifting and toning of the skin, creating a more sculpted profile and brighter looking skin.  

COVID-19 has quickly become a global health emergency resulting in not only physical health concerns but also psychological concerns as people are exposed to unexpected deaths or threats of death. For example, seniors are easier to infect by the virus, but they may also be witnessing increased illnesses, deaths, and supply shortages. In addition, patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 experience social isolation, physical discomfort, and fear for survival. These exposures increase the risk of developing Post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD). In addition, the risk may further be enhanced during the subsequent weeks when these individuals may lack immediate social support due to the need to self-quarantine.

This presentation will focus reviewing Chinese herb and acupuncture on the pandemics and help to treat senior PTSD of Covid-19. Participants will learn what the ancient and update information of TCM benefited to prevent and treat the seniors PTSD of Covid-19.

The globe, especially the developed countries are rapidly moving into a high senior population society. Chinese medicine has abundance of anti aging, health maintenance practice in the history and present, This presentation introduce

1. the concept from both TCM and modern science of aging and anti aging,

2. how acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine play a role for anti aging

3. Protocols both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine that used for anti aging

In recent years, the incidence and mortality of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases have been increasing year by year, which has become global burden and challenge. Based on the holistic thinking of “brain disease affects the heart” and “heart disease affects the brain,” as well as the characteristics of multi-target and multi-path effects of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine is more advantageous in the treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. As a botanical medicine, storax is known for its resuscitation, filth avoidance and pain-relieving effects in the treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. By reviewing and collating the relevant domestic and international literature in the past 10 years, we have sorted out an overview of the medicinal parts, traditional uses and chemical composition of storax. For the first time, based on the idea of “cerebral and cardiac simultaneous treatment,” the pharmacological activities and mechanisms of heart and brain protection of storax for treating cardio-cerebrovascular diseases were summarized and analyzed, showing that storax has the pharmacological effects of anti-cerebral ischemia, regulation of blood-brain barrier, bidirectional regulation of the central nervous system, anti-myocardial ischemia, anti-arrhythmia, anti-thrombosis and anti-platelet aggregation. It mainly exerts its protective effects on the brain and heart through mechanisms such as inhibition of inflammatory immune factors, anti-oxidative stress, anti-apoptosis, pro-neovascularization and regulation of NO release. On the basis of the current findings and limitations, the future research strategies and perspectives of storax are proposed, with a view to providing a reference for further application and development of this medicine, as well as contributing new thoughts and visions for the clinical application of “treating brain-heart synchronously”.

Cervical vertigo, also known as “vertebral artery cervical spondylosis”, tends to be younger in recent years. The onset of cervical vertigo is characterized by more symptoms in the brain than in the limbs, and the effect on brain power is obviously greater than that on physical strength; the appearance and aggravation of clinical symptoms are closely related to the activities of the cervical spine, and there are many changes, so it is the most complicated type of cervical spondylosis. When the head is overflexed, overextended or turned to a certain orientation, symptoms such as positional vertigo, nausea and vomiting, tinnitus, deafness and blurred vision appear. Traditional Chinese medicine Tuina massage techniques, especially the wrenching method, can correct vertebral misalignment; pointing, pressing and kneading the corresponding acupoints can activate qi and blood, benefit marrow and stop dizziness, thus restoring the internal and external mechanical balance of the cervical spine.

Successful treatment in a patient with lung metastasis from renal cell carcinoma shows the therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the advantage of TCM, such as satisfactory curative effect, affordable price, and fewer side effects, especially no liver and kidney damage.

• Case studies of TCM precision external treatment for allergic diseases, such as cosmetic dermatitis, hormone-dependent dermatitis, adult eczema, infant eczema, contact dermatitis, chronic urticaria.
• TCM precision treatment techniques for skin neoplasm, such as flat warts, common warts, plantar warts, foreign body granulomas, hemangiomas, etc.
• TCM precision treatment techniques for pigmented skin diseases, such as chloasma, freckles, age pigment, leucoderma, etc.

The lecture is a combination of comprehensive case studies and in clinical practice and the treatment plans of different acupuncture methods. “Treatment the knee from waist” is proposed and further discussed. Then Anatomy of muscles in the waist, buttocks, thighs, and knees is reviewed and the pathogenesis is discussed. From the perspective of modern medicine, through the research of the modern “fascial chain” and “trigger points” theories, it has been found that treating the knee from the waist shares some similarities. From the perspective of traditional medicine, the Holism of traditional Chinese medicine and the theory of “Meridian sinew” guide the “treating the knee from the waist” which puts much emphasis on meridian examination to truly achieve “inferring” and “palpating”, and to observe the pathological changes of meridian sinews of the waist. After dealing with the sinew focal point of the waist, the circulation of qi and blood in the lower limbs is smooth, and the physiological state of the knee joint will be restored.

Chronic pain, indigestion, anxiety, insomnia, and fatigue are common clinical diseases which can be treated with TCM acupuncture. The etiology is usually closely related to mental and emotional disorders. The presentation will be focused on sharing clinical practice and case study of acupuncture treatment for physical dysfunction symptoms caused by emotional and mental disorders.

1. Focus on the relevant clinical research progress in recent years.

2. Introduce classical and effective acupuncture treatment methods based on his 40+ year’s clinical practice.

3. Case studies.

Brain disease (encephalopathy) is a general term for a series of neuropsychiatric diseases, all brain dysfunction, or brain parenchymal damage caused by the disease, Chinese medicine can be collectively referred to as brain disease, including the nervous system, digestive system, psychiatric diseases, psychosomatic diseases and some pain, etc.. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine should be the preferred differentiation and treatment for many of these diseases. This lecture is based on the conceptual scope and clinical thinking of encephalopathy, comprehensive treatment and selection of acupuncture manipulation techniques for encephalopathy, clinical cases study and manipulation techniques for encephalopathy. Especially through the analysis of typical cases, demonstrates the theory and method of acupuncture and moxibustion to treat brain diseases.

From the perspective of TCM’s understanding of facial aging and the anatomy of facial aging. The presentation will further discuss the theory of facial anti-aging. It also introduces the methods of filiform needle, pestle needle, Acupoint Catgut-Embedding Therapy, and manipulation, as well as the clinical practice experience, perception and expertise in the past 30 years.