An Overview of Filiform Needles in Traditional Chinese Medicine

An Overview of Filiform Needles in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Filiform needles are one of the “Nine Needles” from ancient times. According to the “Ling Shu: Nine Needles and Twelve Origins, Chapter One” and “Ling Shu: Discussion on Nine Needles, Chapter Seventy-Eight”, it is recorded: “The filiform needle is sharp like a mosquito’s proboscis, used gently and slowly, lingering slightly to nourish, in order to … Read more