YANG Shuoxin, GAO Fang, LIU Gaofeng, et al. JI Laixi’s clinical experience in treating primary open angle glaucoma through "nape-eight-needles" acupotomy as main treatment[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2025, 45(9): 1305-1310. DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250422-k0007.
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YANG Shuoxin, GAO Fang, LIU Gaofeng, et al. JI Laixi’s clinical experience in treating primary open angle glaucoma through "nape-eight-needles" acupotomy as main treatment[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2025, 45(9): 1305-1310. DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250422-k0007.DOI:
JI Laixi’s clinical experience in treating primary open angle glaucoma through "nape-eight-needles" acupotomy as main treatment
experience in treatment of primary open angle glaucoma with "nape-eight-needle" acupotomy. Professor
JI Laixi
believes that the key pathogenesis lies in "occlusion of
xuanfu
(subtle orifices) within the eyes and obstruction of meridian pathways". Using the unblocking principle of treatment
taking meridian theory of traditional acupuncture as the core and based on the anatomical principles of structural acupuncture
Professor
JI
has proposed his academic thought
"treating eye diseases from the nape". In treatment
"nape-eight-needle" acupotomy is adopted
combined with filiform needle acupuncture. It is the advantageous compound therapeutic method
aiming to open
xuanfu
restore brain-eye meridian connectivity
harmonize body
qi
and mind through systemic regulation
address both the causative factors and symptoms and prevent from blindness. This therapeutic approach provides a new idea for clinical treatment of primary open angle glaucoma.