Focusing on the limits of the plaster application of Chinese herbal medicine in clinical practice, i.e. limit in the region exerted, inadequate meridian effect, more attention to the exterior rather than the interior and limit in the application of zangfu differentiation, professor WU Zhong-chao proposes his clinical experiences in the plaster application of Chinese herbal medicine based on meridian and zangfu differentiation, including: The Chinese herbal plaster application alone meridian course guided by meridian differentiation. Multidimensional plaster application on the base of the meridian differentiation of muscle region. Split-field plaster application by taking collateral differentiation as principle. Selective plaster application in association with disease differentiation. Specific plaster application rooted on zangfu differentiation.
Keywords: Chinese medicine plaster application; WU Zhong-chao; external method of traditional Chinese medicine; famous doctor's experience; meridian-collateral; theory of syndrome differentiation and Chinese herbal plaster application; zangfu.