[LIU Zhibin's experience in treatment of subjective tinnitus with acupuncture based on the "kidney-bone-brain" axis]

Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2025 Jun 12;45(6):808-812. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20241202-0002. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

This paper introduces Professor LIU Zhibin 's clinical experience in the treatment of subjective tinnitus with acupuncture based on the "kidney-bone-brain" axis. Professor LIU proposes that the disease is most closely related to the kidney and brain. The lesion is located in the brain, and the pathogenesis is kidney essence deficiency, marrow sea loss, and ear orifice dystrophy. The "kidney-bone-brain" shows close correlation in physiological function, pathological changes and treatment. According to the "kidney-bone-brain" axis, Professor LIU proposes that the treatment of subjective tinnitus should be tonifying kidney qi, tonifying essence and filling marrow, and the principle of local acupoint selection, touching bone acupuncture, matching distal acupoints and proximal acupoints, tonifying kidney and benefiting brain should be adopted. The acupoints of Tinggong (SI19) and Yifeng (TE17) are selected to be treated with touching bone acupuncture, combined with Taixi (KI3), Shenshu (BL23), Baihui (GV20) and Shenting (GV24), so as to achieve common benefit of kidney, bone and brain, and multi-angle treatment.

介绍刘智斌教授基于“肾-骨-脑”轴针刺治疗主观性耳鸣的临床经验。刘教授提出本病与肾、脑的关系最为密切,其病变部位在脑窍,病机为肾精乏源、髓海失充、耳窍失养。“肾-骨-脑”在生理功能、病理变化以及治疗方面均展现出紧密的关联性。依据“肾-骨-脑”轴,刘教授提出主观性耳鸣以“补益肾气、益精填髓”为治法,以局部选穴、触骨为用、远近相配、补肾益脑为原则,选择听宫、翳风二穴施以触骨针法,配合太溪、肾俞、百会、神庭,共达肾、骨、脑三者同补,多角度施治。.

Keywords: LIU Zhibin; famous doctor's experience; kidney-bone-brain; subjective tinnitus; touching bone acupuncture.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Points
  • Acupuncture Therapy* / history
  • Adult
  • Bone and Bones* / physiopathology
  • Brain* / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney* / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tinnitus* / physiopathology
  • Tinnitus* / therapy