This article introduces Professor

SUN Hua

's clinical experience of acupuncture for treating subjective tinnitus. Professor

SUN

advocates combining meridian differentiation

syndrome differentiation

and disease differentiation in clinical practice. For excess syndro

me of subjective tinnitus

acupuncture aims to unblock the

shaoyang

meridian and regulate

qi

and blood. For deficiency syndrome

the focus is on tonifying the

yin

and essence of liver and kidney. Emphasizing the importance of calming the

shen

(mind)

Professor

SUN

employs a three-pronged approach: using the ＂four

shen

regulating needles＂ to calm the mind

the Siguan points (Hegu [LI 4

]

and Taichong [LR 3

]

) to regulate

qi

movement of the internal organs

and Shenmai (BL 62) and Zhaohai (KI 6) to balance

yin

and

yang

treating both the physical and psychological aspects to effectively alleviate tinnitus.