'Mountainburningmanipulation(烧山火)'and'heavenlycool-inducingtechnique(透天凉)'wereearlyseeninGreatCompletionofAcupunctureandMoxibustion:PoemofGoldenNeedle(《针灸大全·金针赋》)writtenbyXuFenginMingdynasty,whicharethebasisofreinforcingandreducingmanipulationofacupuncture.Insuchneedlingmanipulations,severalconditionsareconsidered,suchasthespeedofinsertionandwithdrawalofneedle,liftingandthrustingofneedle,nineyangnumberandsixyinnumber,aswellasopenorcloseofpointafterwithdrawal;additionally,theneedlingmanipulationsareaccomplishedinthreelayers,namedheaven,earthandhumanbeing.Themanipulationsofthesetwotechniquesarecomplicatedandarenoteasilymastered,therefore,thesuccessfulrateoftheclinicalapplicationisratherlowandthemanybeginnersfeeldifficultinlearning.Inrecent20years,onthebasisoftheoriginaltechniques,byconstantdiscussion,akindofsimplemanipulationhasbeendevelopedandthesuccessoftheoperationbecomesquitehigh.During10years,from1978to1997,bythestatisticalanalysisontheclinicaldataof'mountainburningmanipulation(烧山火)'and'heavenlycool-inducingtechnique(透天凉)',thesuccessfulrateinclinichadbeenover90%.Thefollowingistheintroductiononthemodifiedoperation,stepsandclinicalapplication.
