[WU Zhongchao's thoughts and approaches to clinical treatment of cervical spondylosis with "removing knots and softening tendons" acupuncture therapy].

The paper introduces Professor WU Zhongchao's thoughts and approaches to clinical treatment of cervical spondylosis with "removing knots and softening tendons" acupuncture therapy. In clinical Practice, professor WU focuses on the physical and mental harmonization, and mutual regulation of meridians and meridian muscle regions and the equal importance between meridians & collaterals and zangfu organs. Guided by the above, various acupuncture techniques are adopted and combined flexibly according to the condition, duration and nature of cervical spondylosis, such as fire needling for removing cold and stagnation by warming action, removing hard masses/knots with acupotomy, bloodletting for eliminating stasis and promote regeneration, penetrating the empirical points with filiform needles, and softening tendons and opening knots with moving technique. The various therapeutic methods are developed as a multidimensional acupuncture technique system, "removing knots and softening tendons". The therapeutic strategies includes dynamic treatment, treatment combined with regulation, and regulation combined with prevention, which improves the curative effect and provides the references for clinical treatment of cervical spondylosis.