HE 's tube acupuncture technique is developed on the base of the theories of zangfu, meridian and collateral by HE Hui-wu, the eminent master of traditional Chinese medicine in 1920s. It is a set of acupuncture technique, in which, the function of the traditional pressing hand is replaced by the needle tube and the seven skills and five manipulations are specially included. In this paper, the experience in the treatment of chronic gastritis with HE 's tube acupuncture technique was introduced. "Regulating the spleen function for the deficiency syndrome" and "taking the liver into the great consideration for the excess syndrome" are the basic principles of treatment. The specific manipulations are predominant, e.g. the conducting-qi manipulation, the sparrow-pecking manipulation, the rotating manipulation, the lifting-thrusting manipulation and the circling manipulation. Moreover, the unique needling techniques are adopted at Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21) and Yanglingquan (GB 34), etc.
Keywords: HE Hui-wu; HE's tube needle technique; acupuncture; chronic gastritis; famous doctor's experience.