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.