ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION

treatment

General Principles of Acupuncture Treatment

Regulating Yin and YangStrengthening the Body Resistance and Eliminating the Pathogenic Factors. Distinguishing the Primary from the Secondary

Acupoint prescriptionBased on the theory of meridians and collaterals, acupuncture prescription includes two or more points which are selected according to the symptoms and cause of the disease, and the functions and the natures of the points,and the manipulation methods,time course.

A. Method of Acupoint Selection

Selection of distal points~To select points which are far from the diseased area

Selection of left-right points~to select points which are on the contralateral side of the diseased area.

Selection of symptomatic points~To select the corresponding points according to some prominent symptoms.

1.Selection of the Local Points

Selection of local point~To select points which are nearby the area of the disease or the adjacent area of the disease.

Abdominal pain and diarrhea~Tianshu(ST 25),Qihai(RN 6);

Headache~Baihui(DU 20),Taiyang(EX 1),Fengchi(GB 20);

Eye diseases~Jingming(BL 1),Zanzhu(BL 2),Sizhukong(SJ 23),Tongli(GB 1).

2.Selection of the Distal Points

According to the theories of Zangfu and meridians,when we select a distal point which is far from the diseased area,we can either select the points of the merdian where the diseased Zangfu locates or select those(Zang and Fu)merdians or exterior-interior meridians or other related meridians.For esample:

Stomachache~Zusanli(ST 36),Gongsun(SP 4),Taichong(LR 3),Neiguan(PC 6)

Lumbago~Weizhong(BL 40)

Appendicitis~Lanweixue(EX-LE 7),Shangjuxu(ST 37)

3.Selectiong of the Left-right Points

Their characteristics are to treat diseases on one side of the body by needling points on the opposite side.For example,a patient who has lumbago or facial paralysis for a long time can be treated by selecting the related points on the opposite side.

4. Selection of Symptomatic Points

Symptoms Acupoint selection

Fever Dazhui (DU 14),Quchi(LI 11),Hegu(LI 4)

Coma Shuigou(DU26),Shixuan(EX-UE11)

Prostration syndrome Guanyuan(RN 4),Shenque(RN8),Zusanli(ST 36)

Hyperhidrosis Hegu(LI4),Fuliu(KI 7)

Night sweating Houxi(SI 3),Yinxi(HT 6)

Insomnia Shenmen(HT 7),Sanyinjiao(SP 6)

Dreamful sleep Xinshu(BL15),Shenmen(HT7),Zuqiaoyin(GB44)

Aphonia Futu(LI18),Hegu(LI4),Jianshi(PC5)

Trismus Xiaguan(ST7),Jiache(ST6),Hegu(LI4)

Stiff tongue Shaoshang(LI4), Hegu(LI4)

Sore throat Shuigou(DU26),Jiache(ST6),Hegu(LI4)

Slobbering Yamen(DU15),Lianquan(RN23),Tongli(HT5)

Palpitation Neiguan(PC6),Ximen(PC4)

Cough Tiantu(RN22),Lieque(LU7)

Infantile malnutrition Sifeng(EX25)

Hypogalactia Shaoze(SI1)

Hypertension Renying(ST9)

Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis

Yinbai(SP1)

Pruritus vulvae Ligou(LR5)

DysphagiaTiantu(RN22),Neiguan(PC6)

Oppressed feeling in the chest

Zhongwan(RN12), Neiguan

(PC6)

Chest pain Dazhong(RN17),Neiguan(PC6)

Nausea and vomiting Neiguan(PC6),Zusanli(ST36)

Hiccup Geshu(BL17),Neiguan(PC6),Laogong(PC8)

Abdominal distention

Tianshu(ST25),Qihai(RN6)

Abdominal pain Neiguan(PC6),Zusanli(ST36)

Hypochondriac pain Zhigou(SJ6),Yanglingquan(GB34)

Dyspepsia Zusanli(ST36),Gongsun(SP4)

Anurid Sanyinjiao(SP6),Yinlingquan(SP9)

Emission,impotence

Guanyuan(RN4),Sanyinjiao(SP6)

Urinary incontinence

Qugu(RN4),Sanyinjiao(SP6)

Constipation Tianshu(ST25),Zhigou(SJ6)

Prolapse of rectum Changqiang(DU1),Chengshan(BL57)

Cutaneous pruritus Quchi(LI11),Xuehai(SP10),Sanyinjiao(SP6)

Weakness Guanyuan(RN4),Zusanli(ST36)

Pain of shoulder Tiaokou(ST38), Chengshan(BL57)

Malposition of fetus Zhiyin(BL67)

Systremma Chengshan(BL57),Yanglingquan(GB34)

Combining Point Methods