中文摘要：

烧山火和透天凉为针刺的复式补泻手法,能够使被针刺者产生热感和凉感。但本手法由来已久,且各代医家对其论述不尽相同,操作更是纷繁错杂,使今人尤其是初学者如堕五里雾中,茫然不知其意。该文通过简单梳理烧山火和透天凉手法源流,分析其操作,求同存异,客观论述两种手法的操作要领,冀以略窥金针一二,帮助初涉针灸之人更好地理解此二种复合手法。

英文摘要：

Mountain-burning fire and heaven-penetrating cooling techniques are complex reinforcing and reducing acupuncture manipulations and can make acupunctured persons feel the sensations of heat and coolness. But the techniques have been for a long time, doctors in different dynasties described them not in the same way and the manipulations are even complicated. All this makes contemporary peoples, especially beginner fall utterly mystified and not know their meanings. By simply sorting out the origin and development of mountain-burning fire and heaven-penetrating cooling techniques and analyzing the implementation of them to seek common ground while reserving differences, this article objectively describes the main points of implementation of the two techniques for a brief survey of the acupuncture manipulation to help acupuncture beginner better understand these two complex techniques.