J Tradit Chin Med. 2000 Jun; 20(2): 122-5.

Prof. Sheng Canruo's experience in acupuncture treatment of throat diseases with yan si xue.

Yao W.

Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Yan Si Xue ([symbol: see text]) refer to four points in the throat summarized by Prof. Sheng Canruo in his long-year clinical experience based on the combination of TCM theory and the knowledge of modern medical anatomy. By taking "Yan Si Xue" as main points, and other differential adjunct points, Prof. Sheng has obtained satisfactory therapeutic results in treating various throat diseases such as hoarseness, paralysis of vocal cord, dysphonia after radiotherapy on throat tumor, vocal nodules, disorder of the glossopharyngeal nerve, hysteric aphasia, and acute or chronic laryngopharyngitis.