[Application of "eliminating stagnation and bloodletting/fire needling" in treatment of jingjin diseases].

Based on the development of conditions, the etiology and pathogenesis of jingjin (muscle region of meridian) diseases are summarized as 3 stages, i.e. stagnation due to over-exertion at early stage, manifested by tendon-muscle contracture and tenderness; cold condition due to stagnation, interaction of stasis and cold, resulting in clustered nodules at the middle stage; prolonged illness and missed/delayed treatment, leading to tendon-muscle contracture and impairment of joint function at the late stage. It is proposed that the treatment of jingjin diseases should be combined with the characteristic advantages of fire needling and bloodletting technique, on the base of "eliminating stagnation and bloodletting/fire needling". This combined therapy warming yang to resolve stasis and dispels cold to remove nodules, in which, eliminating the stagnation is conductive to the tissue regeneration, and the staging treatment is delivered in terms of the condition development at different phases.依据病情发展将经筋病的病因病机概括为3个阶段：初期久劳成瘀，筋肉挛急，压痛为征；中期因瘀致寒，瘀寒相济，筋结渐生；晚期久延失治，筋肉挛缩，关节失用。提出治疗经筋病应结合火针与放血的特色优势，以“以通为用，强温并举”为治疗原则，温通以温阳化瘀、祛寒散结，强通以祛瘀生新，针对病变各个阶段的发展特点分期论治。.