[Fan Yu-qi and "Taiyi miraculous moxa roll"].

Objective: To explore the manipulation method, the range of indications and the characteristics of acupoint selection for "Taiyi miraculous moxa roll".

Methods: Apply computer to make retrieval and statistics of the literature, and then induction and analysis were made by manual methods.

Conclusion: The "Taiyi miraculous moxa roll" method substitutes moxibustion for acupuncture, with very wide ranges of indications, the most being the thoracico-abdominal diseases, the next being the diseases in the head, and the less being in the limbs and in the lumbodorsal position; so far as the syndrome differentiation is concerned, the most is deficiency syndrome, the next is cold syndrome, wind syndrome, heat syndrome, phlegm syndrome and so on.