从历代中医相关文献总结火针疗法的发展历史， 火针疗法首见于《黄帝内经》 ， 至汉代已被广泛应用， 唐宋时期得到进一步发展， 明代进入鼎盛时期， 并分别明确各时期的适应证和禁忌证。 同时， 阐述火针疗法的现代发展状况及贺普仁教授在火针的传承及创新等方面做出的贡献。经过历代医家的研究和临床实践， 使火针从简陋的工具、 原始的操作方法和狭窄的临床适用范围，逐步改进， 不断发展和完善， 拓宽应用范围， 提出临床禁忌， 使之成为针灸疗法中独具特色的医疗体系。

From ancienttimes， fire-needle therapy summarized from traditional Chinese medicine literaturehas been found in the Huang Di Nei Jing， which has been widely used in the Han dynasty， and has been further developed in the Tang and Song dynasties.The fire-needle therapy enters its heydayinthe Ming dynasty，and has clarified the indications and contraindications of each period.The study introducesthe modern development of fire-needle therapy， and Professor He puren who has made the inheritance and innovation of the contribution to fire needle. After study and clinical practice of physicians， fire-needles with very simple tools， primitive methods of operation and clinical application of the narrow scope， gradually improve， develop and broaden the scope of application， put forward clinical taboo， making it become a unique medical system in acupuncture therapy.