Abstract:

This paper is to introduce the unique in sights and experience of Academician Shi Xuemin in the treatment of idiopathic tremor. Based on the holistic thinking of " diseases originate from chaos of spirit thus acupuncture starts from regulating spirit" , Academician Shi Xuemin′ proposed a new therapy for idiopathic tremor, emphasizing the regulation of spirit in the treatment.Academician Shi believes that the location of this disease is in the " brain" , which is the sea of the marrow, and the pathogenesis is the closure of orifice and the chaos of spirit, with lax of Yang but tension of Yin, leading to the cramp of aponeurotic system and consequently the tremor.The therapy is to restore the spirit and reopen the orifice, calm the nerves and set the will, and balance yin and yang.It emphasizes the importance of " restoring, resettling and regulating the spirit" , forming an academic thought of " brain controls spirit, spirit guides acupuncture, and acupuncture regulates spirit" . He also focuses on the use of acupuncture techniques and the dose-effect relationship, findingin decades of clinical treatment that the abnormality of the spirit is the key to the burst of various diseases.By " restoring, resettling and regulating the spirit" , his therapy has shown unique advantages in improving the involuntary movement of patients with idiopathic tremor.

Key words: Acupuncture therapy, Essential tremor, Pattern