This paper summarizes professor GAO Shu-zhong's academic thought of acupuncture and moxibustion. Professor GAO studies classic literature and clarifies the authentic Chinese medicine from the origin. He provides the unique understandings on the theories, e.g "four passes", gaohuang, the flowing rule of nutrient and defensive qi, lung governing management and regulation and moxibustion for sinking of qi. By analyzing the differences in diagnosis and treatment between acupuncture and herbal medication therapies and exploring the syndrome/pattern differentiation, he advocates the rules of disorder differentiation and treatment in clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion, creates GAO 's three-promotion theory and summarizes the characteristic diagnostic methods. He proposes novel statement, perfects theoretic system and creates GAO's extra points. He puts forward that the human acupoint system should be reconstructed to compose of two systems, i.e. meridian acupoints and collateral acupoints systems. Professor GAO pays the attention to acupuncture techniques, proposes a trinity needling technique, "pulse diagnosis, acupoint detection and qi differentiation under needle", and applies different needling techniques in treatment accordingly. He thinks highly of moxibustion, especially umbilicus moxibustion therapy, which has been used widely in practice. Besides, professor GAO provides the comprehensive methods flexibly, with acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal medication in combination.
总结高树中针灸学术思想。高教授学宗经典、正本清源，对“四关”、膏肓、营卫运行规律、肺主治节、陷下则灸之等概念提出独到见解；针药有别、精研辨证，提出针灸临床辨治规律，独创高氏三通理论，总结归纳特色诊法；创立新说、完善体系，独创高氏奇穴，提出人体的穴位系统应重构为经脉穴位系统与络脉穴位系统；强调针法，各得其宜，提出“诊脉-揣穴-针下辨气”三位一体针法，善用不同针法治疗相应疾病；重视灸法，精研脐灸，应用广泛；杂合以治，灵活运用，针、灸、药并施。.
Keywords: GAO Shu-zhong; academic thought; acupuncture and moxibustion; famous doctor's experience.