[Professor Sun Shen-tian's experience in treatment of mental diseases].
摘要
Professor SUN Shen-tian is an expert in acupuncture and moxibustion science of TCM and neurology, especially in the treatment of neurology difficult diseases by using the therapy of acupuncture and moxibustion and combination of TCM with western medicine, showing his ingenuity and obvious therapeutic effect. In treating mental diseases, professor SUN considers that the morbidity of mental diseases is mainly related to the malfunction of brain, therefore regulating mind is the key to treat this kind of disease, Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (EX-HN 3), emotional area and Zone 1 of SUN's abdominal acupoints are often selected. This present article introduces the principle of treatment based on syndrome differentiation and routine selecting acupoints, attached with four effective cases in treating mental diseases by professor SUN applying "the methods of regulating vitality and increasing intelligence".