Pestle Needle Therapy

Pestle Needle Therapy is an acupuncture method characterised by a unique set of points, specialised tools and their specific methods of manipulation. Until modern times it has remained a secret method, passed down through a lineage to its modern inheritor, Li Zhong Yu, Professor of Acupuncture at the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This article describes the tools, theory and treatment methods of Pestle Needle Therapy, and includes examples of treatment protocols as well as a case history.