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[On dog-days sticking for treatment of heat syndrome: discussion on the draft of Guidelines on Clinical Application of Acupoint Sticking Therapy treating Winter Diseases in Summer]. 2010

Yun Qiao, and Wei Yi

Acupuncture and Massage College, Guangxi College of TCM, Nanning 530001, China. yunqiao65@126.com

The information of Guidelines on Clinical Application of Acupoint Sticking Therapy Treating Winter Diseases in Summer suggests that acupoint sticking therapy treating winter diseases in summer is refer to deficiency-cold diseases and is not applicable to heat syndrome. According to the basic theories "maintaining yang in spring and summer" "correspondence between man and universe" in Internal Classic and combining the clinical practice, the authors then demonstrate the feasibility and necessity of dog-days sticking for treatment of heat syndrome, and expound the connotation of acupoint sticking with cold-natured or cool-natured herbal drugs and the clinical significance of dog-days sticking for treatment of heat syndrome. At the same time, the different opinion and expectation is put forward to further improve this therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004358	Drug Therapy	The use of DRUGS to treat a DISEASE or its symptoms. One example is the use of ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS to treat CANCER.	Chemotherapy,Pharmacotherapy,Therapy, Drug,Chemotherapies,Drug Therapies,Pharmacotherapies,Therapies, Drug
D004365	Drugs, Chinese Herbal	Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.	Chinese Herbal Drugs,Plant Extracts, Chinese,Chinese Drugs, Plant,Chinese Plant Extracts,Extracts, Chinese Plant,Herbal Drugs, Chinese
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012621	Seasons	Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Seasonal Variation,Season,Seasonal Variations,Variation, Seasonal,Variations, Seasonal
D015669	Acupuncture Points	Designated locations along nerves or organ meridians for inserting acupuncture needles.	Acupoints,Acupoint,Acupuncture Point,Point, Acupuncture,Points, Acupuncture
D017410	Practice Guidelines as Topic	Works about directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.	Clinical Guidelines as Topic,Best Practices,Best Practice