The five needling techniques

In the seventh chapter of Miraculous Pivot, it describes, " There are five needling techniques developed to treat various diseases associated with the five zang organs "

• Extreme shallow puncture, a technique involving shallow insertion and immediate withdrawal of the needle without any injury of the muscles. This technique is developed in response to the diseases associated with the lungs, and it is a technique which functions to reduce the superficial pathogenic factors used in treatment of fever due to exogenous pathogenic factors, cough and asthma
• Leopard - spot puncture, a technique in which needles are used to pierce small blood vessels around the affected area to evacuate the points on the left, on the right, in the front, on sludged blood. This technique is developed in response to the disease associated with the heart by virtue of the fact that the heart is in control of the blood and blood vessels. This method may be used to treat swellings and pains
• Joint puncture, a technique in which the needle is inserted rapidly into the muscles around the joints of the extremities, but to avoid bleeding, to treat rheumatism of tendons. This technique is developed in response to the diseases associated with the liver by virtue of the fact that the liver is in control of tendons
• Hegu puncture, a technique in which the needle is inserted into the muscles of the affected area, obliquely right and left just like the claws of the chicken to cure rheumatic pain of the muscles. This technique is developed in response to the diseases associated with the spleen by virtue of the fact that the spleen is in control of the muscles
• Shu - point puncture, a technique in which the needle is thrust deeply to the bone to treat osteal pain. This technique is developed in response to the diseases associated with the kidney by virtue of the fact that the kidney is in control of the bones