Abstract:

Xujiang Medicine has a long history，and it plays an important part in the history of Chinese medicine.In Xujiang Medicine the academic ideology of acupuncture and moxibustion has achieved profound attainments.The paper summarizes the academic thoughts of acupuncture and moxibustion as well as contributions to Xujiang Medicine，according to the study on the works and clinical experience of physicians including Xi Hong，Li Chan，Gong Tingxian，Gong Juzhong，Chen Ziming and so on.Xi Hong emphasized the differentiation of syndrome aiming at the root causes，and had more research on acupuncture manipulation.Li Chan stressed that points selection should be efficient and simple.Gong Tingxian conducted deep studies on different kinds of moxibustion.Gong Juzhong attached importance to the comprehensive application of acupuncture，qigong and other therapies.Chen Ziming highlighted the holistic concept and was good at using external treatments such as acupuncture，moxibustion and plaster.Gong Xin innovated the tools of moxibustion.The paper also briefly analyzes the acupuncture academic ideology in Xujiang Medicine.

Key words: Acupuncture-moxibustion science, Xujiang medicine, Theoretical discussion