Xin'an region is enriched in humanities and talents, in which a regional medicine school was generated, named Xin'an medicine. The representative medical scholars have profound knowledge in acupuncture and moxibustion, such as WANG Guo-rui 's theory on "identification the reinforcing from the reducing" and "corresponding between acupoints and needling techniques", WANG Ji 's theory on "moxibustion for heat syndrome and boils and sores" and "selecting optimal points accordingly in treatment", WU Kun's theory on "the same principles shared in acupuncture and herbal medicine" and "the application of five-shu points", ZHENG Mei-jian's innovation about "ZHENG 's three needling technique" and WU Yi-ding's theory on "identifying symptoms/patterns and determining acupoints" and "contraindication of moxibustion". In this paper, the academic thoughts of the Xin'an medical representatives were collected and sorted out on acupuncture and moxibustion and summarized so as to provide the references for further research.
Keywords: WANG Guo-rui; WANG Ji; WU Kun; WU Yi-ding; Xin’an medical scholar; ZHENG Mei-jian; acupuncture and moxibustion.