[JIN Bohua's experience in the clinical acupuncture treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with fire needle and filiform needle].

To introduce the experience of JIN Bohua, the capital Chinese medicine master, in the differentiation of acupuncture and the treatment on trigeminal neuralgia with fire needle and filiform needle. Regarding the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia, Professor JIN focuses on the coordination of meridian differentiation and zangfu differentiation. For the treatment, the fire needling technique and common filiform needling technique are used in combination. According to meridian differentiation, the acupoints are selected and stimulated with fire needle. In reference to zangfu, qi and blood differentiation, the treatment with filiform needles is applied. "The holistic treatment" and "seeking for the root cause of disorder" are the basic principle to be complied. When treating with filiform needle, Professor JIN emphasizes the needling sequence, meaning stimulating the acupoints in the lower part of the body before those in the upper part of the body, aiming to eliminating the pathogens and strengthening the antipathogenic qi.