"Seven-skills and five-manipulations"acupuncture method was created by Prof. HE Huiwu. Hand skills referred to comprehensive application of acupuncture method

direction

angle

depth

frequency

power

etc."Seven-skills"is not only used as the needle insertion method

but help seeking

inducing and promoting channel Qi circulation

which was the basis of reinforcing and reducing manipulations application. "Seven-skills"meant seven kinds of different hand skills. "Five-manipulations"meant five reinforcing and reducing manipulations

including reinforcing

reducing

needling towards the origin of certain meridians needling against the origin of certain meridians

as well as uniform reinforcing-reducing. When treating spleen and stomach diseases

deeply influenced by Li Dongyuan’s spleen-stomach theory

Prof. HE emphasized that patients with deficiency should be treated according to the spleen

patients with excess according to the liver. This thought was applied in "seven-skills and five-manipulations"treatment. "Seven-skills and five-manipulations"has been widely used in clinic till now

and it is especially effective in treating acute and chronic stomachache.