Stone Needle Beads-The basic use of stone needles in curing disease is cutting the carbuncles and purulences and pricking and draining off the sores. From the usage cases recorded in the ancient literature,people use stone needle to cure disease. Nowadays,use of the stone needle for hot stroking, massage and knocking at the body surface, which was raised by some related scholars, does not belong to the domain of ancient stone needles.
