Needle-knife medicine is a brand-new medical theoretical system formed by Professor Zhu Hanzhang of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and his right-hand man, Dean Ge Hengjun, and other colleagues in the needle-knife medical field. After more than 20 years of painstaking research, applying modern scientific achievements and the unique thinking mode of Chinese medicine, on the basis of small needle knife therapy, some basic medical theories of Chinese and western medicine have been merged and recreated, and diseases have been grasped from both macro and micro aspects, which greatly improved the scientific connotation and clinical efficacy of Chinese medicine and promoted the development process of the whole medicine. The theory of needle-knife medicine on the etiology and pathology of chronic soft tissue injury has clarified the difficult problems that have puzzled the medical community for many years, and explored a set of effective treatment methods to make this kind of diseases-

From incurable to treatable;

From refractory to rapid recovery;

From painful treatment to almost painless treatment;

From invasive treatment to near non-invasive treatment.

Needle-knife medicine has won many honors since its establishment. 1978 was listed as a key scientific research topic by the Health Department of Jiangsu Province; 1984 passed the expert appraisal, and "small needle knife therapy" was born; 1986 was approved by Jiangsu provincial government and began to be popularized nationwide; 1988 "Small Needle Knife Therapy" won the gold medal in the 37th Eureka World Invention Expo, and the inventor Professor Zhu Hanzhang won the "Military Officer" medal (China people won this medal for the first time); In 2003, state administration of traditional chinese medicine organized an appraisal meeting composed of 29 experts from 27 universities of traditional Chinese medicine, and established "Needle-knife Medicine".

Needle-knife medicine has been incorporated into the national higher education system. The subject of "Basic Research on Needle-Knife Release" was supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Plan (973 Plan). Needle-knife medicine (needle-knife therapy) published books 12, among which small needle-knife therapy has been translated into 5 languages. Since 1987, more than 500 national needle knife training courses have been held, and100000 needle knife doctors have been trained. There are more than 30,000 members at all levels in 28 provincial-level acupotomy medical societies affiliated to the Needle-Knife Medical Branch of the Chinese Medicine Association and the Needle-Knife Medical Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Associations. In addition, more than 5,000 people from 49 countries and regions came to China to study acupotomy medicine, and 15 countries and regions established acupotomy medicine associations.

From 65438 to February 26th, 2004, an expert group composed of Professor Wang Xuetai, honorary chairman of the World Federation of Needles, academicians Shi Xuemin, Cheng Shennong, Wu Xianzhong and Shen Yan, professor Chen Jun, doctoral supervisor of Xi Medical University, professor Wang Jie, director of Xinjiang Health Department, professor Shi Xian, chairman of the All-Army Acupuncture Society, and professor Li Li, president of Inner Mongolia Medical College, appraised the needle-knife medicine, and agreed that it was original and reached the world leading level.

In April 2006, under the atmosphere of "promoting scientific spirit and advocating academic democracy", more than 40 experts and academicians from all over the country gathered in Xiangshan to offer suggestions for the future development of acupotomy medicine.

Needle knife is a miniature surgical medical instrument and a tool for minimally invasive surgery. This surgical instrument looks like a needle, but it is actually a knife. During the operation, the needle knife is directly inserted percutaneously from the patient's treatment point, reaches the lesion site, closes and releases the soft tissue directly, and achieves the purpose of curing the disease by removing tissue adhesion, abnormally high stress points, hyperosteogeny, synovial effusion, blood vessel and nerve compression, pathological displacement of bone and joint, etc. The surgical incision is only 0.8 mm, and there is no incision after operation, let alone suture. According to the severity of the lesion, the operation process ranges from ten seconds to several minutes. Patients can go home after the operation and generally do not need to be hospitalized.

Needle-knife technique is a non-drug minimally invasive therapy, which can be called "green therapy". After more than 30 years of development, it is eclectic, fully absorbing the new knowledge of modern science and the latest achievements of modern medicine, and the scope of treatment is constantly expanding, such as intractable cervical spondylosis, intractable lumbar process, spinal stenosis, neck, shoulder, back and leg pain, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other disciplines, such as regional diseases related to the spine, intractable headache, dizziness, insomnia, asthma, chest tightness, arrhythmia, angina pectoris, chronic stomach disease, tracheitis and so on.