Applied Acupuncture
Articles concerned with the practical application of acupuncture, including Dr Ang’s E-System work, sensory conditions, addiction and lecture material.
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Dr Ang’s archive · Acupuncture
A practical tradition, studied across a lifetime.
Principles, methods and observations gathered through decades of study, clinical practice and exchange with teachers across Asia and beyond.
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About Acupuncture
A collection assembled by Dr Ang.
“Here you will find interesting articles that I have put together about acupuncture, case studies of various diseases, theories and concepts.”
The collection spans applied acupuncture, techniques and methods, ECIWO, and historical case records from different periods of Dr Ang’s work.
About Acupuncture
Four sections from Dr Ang’s library.
Several writings belong to more than one section. Each listing below opens the article within this new website.
Case Studies
Historical records from Dr Ang’s clinical archive. These describe individual cases and should not be read as evidence that another person will have the same result.
ECIWO
Writings connecting ECIWO, case observations and Dr Ang’s E-System interpretation of relationships between local areas and the whole body.
Techniques & Methods
Dr Ang’s technical writings on classical acupuncture methods, E-System practice and the traditional discussion of chronic fatigue.
The point was never the needle alone.
Across Dr Ang’s writing, acupuncture is described as part of a larger way of observing the person. Point selection, timing, stimulation, temperature and the relationship between one area of the body and another were all considered together.
He frequently returned to the traditional language of Yin and Yang, Qi and Blood, channels and collaterals. His later E-System writing attempted to connect these older frameworks with ideas about regulation, response and the body’s capacity to seek balance.
Those explanations belong to Dr Ang’s body of work. Some do not align neatly with modern biomedical terminology or current standards of evidence, but they help readers understand the questions that occupied him throughout his practice.
From the original writing
Eleven classical techniques in Dr Ang’s archive.
Dr Ang distinguished eleven methods in his notes. Several are invasive or involve heat and should never be attempted outside appropriately qualified care.
悬灸温针
Warm needling with suspended moxibustion
Dr Ang described the combination of a filiform needle with gentle, indirect heat from a suspended moxa stick. In his archive it appears as a way of discussing cold, dampness, stiffness and long-standing patterns within the traditional framework.
接触灸
Direct moxibustion
A historical method in which moxa is placed close to the skin or on the needle. Because it involves heat near the body, it belongs in the record of practitioner techniques—not among methods for readers to attempt themselves.
瘢痕灸
Scarring moxibustion
Dr Ang recorded a deliberately blistering form of direct moxibustion. It is an historical practice requiring particular clinical, safety and consent considerations.
火针刺法
Hot needling
Dr Ang placed this among the older surgical or tissue-directed techniques. His notes discuss the application of a heated needle to a selected area, a practice that should only be understood in a qualified clinical context.
毫针刺法
Common filiform-needle acupuncture
The fine filiform needle is the form most readers associate with contemporary acupuncture. Dr Ang’s account emphasised selection of points, depth, direction and the traditional ideas of reinforcing and reducing.
针刺割治疗法
Small needle-blade and cutting methods
Dr Ang grouped several highly specialised approaches together, including long, hooked and blade-like needles. He also used the term “acupuncture microsurgery” when describing this family of techniques.
头针刺法
Head needling
This section records rows of shallow needles placed over selected areas of the head. Dr Ang’s notes relate the method to neurological rehabilitation literature and name other teachers whose work he encouraged readers to consult.
华佗夹脊疗法
Hua Tuo Jia Ji method
Jia Ji points run in paired rows beside the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. Dr Ang discussed their relationship to the spinal column and to organ patterns in his E-System interpretation.
放血疗法
Bloodletting methods
Dr Ang described the use of specialised needles to release a small amount of blood. This is an invasive historical technique with infection, bleeding and other risks, and it is not presented as self-care.
拔罐疗法
Traditional cupping
Dr Ang described cups as part of a traditional approach to circulation, pain and what TCM calls cold, dampness and stagnation. His notes also record the colour interpretations historically attached to cupping marks.
热疗 / 隔药物温灸
Heat therapy and indirect moxibustion
The collection closes with several indirect ways of applying warmth, including suspended, boxed and needle-mounted moxa, and the traditional use of materials such as ginger, salt or garlic as a barrier.
Read as an archive
Education and history—not a treatment manual.
Acupuncture and moxibustion can involve needles, heat, bleeding and other clinical risks. The material records Dr Ang’s historical framework and does not provide instructions for self-treatment or replace advice from an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.