[Professor HUANG Lin-na's experience in treatment of Tourette syndrome with Fang's scalp acupuncture].

Professor HUANG Lin-na's experience in treatment of Tourette syndrome with Fang's scalp acupuncture were introduced. Professor HUANG believes that this disease is in category of tremor in TCM. Pathogenic wind is the key in its pathogenesis and liver, spleen and kidney are closely related. Hence, the treatment focuses on eliminating pathogenic wind and regulating the function of liver, spleen and kidney. The cerebrum is the regulation center in human body. The abnormal somatic function can be adjusted by acupuncture at the scalp area where the cerebral cortical function is projected. Fang's scalp acupuncture is suitable in treatment of Tourette syndrome. Such scalp acupuncture was introduced in this paper with the typical case reported so as to provide a new approach to clinical treatment.