Body Acupuncture Clinical Treatment

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Charpter 1 Internal Medicine

1-1 Abdominal Pain ?? Futong

• Differentiation

1. Internal accumulation of cold:
Sudden violent pain which responds to warmth and is aggravated by cold. Other manifestations include loose stools, profuse clear urine, white coated tongue, deep tense or deep slow pulse.

2. Retention of food:
Epigastric and abdominal distension and pain which may be aggravated by pressure, foul belching and acidity. Abdominal pain may be accompanied by diarrhea and relieved after defecation. The tongue is sticky coated, the pulse is rolling.

• Treatment

Prescriptions

1. Accumulation of Cold in the interior
REN-12 (Zhongwan??), REN-8 (Shenque ??) , ST-36 (Zusanli ???)

2. Retention of food
Prescription:

REN-10 (Xianwan ??), ST-21 (Liangmen??), (Gongsun ??), ST-36 (Zusanli ???)

3. Deficiency of Spleen Yang

Prescription:

BL-20 (Pishu ??), BL-21 (Weishu??), REN-12 (Zhongwan ??), REN-4 (Guanyuan ??), REN-6 (Qihai ??), LIV-13 (Zhangmen ??)

• Addition

Pain above the umbilicus:

REN-10 (Xiawan ??), ST-36 (Zusanli ???)

Pain around the umbilicus:

ST-25 (Tianshu ??), REN-6 (Qihai??)

Pain in the lower abdomen:

REN-4 (Guanyuan??), SP-6(Sanyinjiao ???)

• Remarks

By acute and severe abdominal pain, it is necessary to have the strict observation of the patient, and other therapeutic measures should be taken.

• Ear acupuncture

Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Shenmen, Subcortex, Spleen

1-2 Abdominal Distension ?? Fuzhang

• Differentiation

1. Excess Type:
The persistent distention and fullness in the abdomen, which may also cause abdominal pain, is aggravated by pressing. It is accompanied by belching, foul breathing, dark yellow urine, constipation or occasional fever and vomiting, yellow thick tongue coating, and slippery rapid and forceful pulse.

2. Deficiency Type:
It is accompanied by borborygmus, loose stool, poor appetite, general lassitude, poor sprit, clear urine, pale tongue proper with white coating and feeble pulse.

• Treatment

1. Excess Type:

Prescription:

REN-12 (Zhongwan ??), ST-25 (Tianshu??), ST-36 (Zusanli???), ST-37 (Shangjuxu???)

2. Deficiency Type:

Prescription:

REN-11 (Jianli ??), REN-4 (Guanyuan??), ST-25 (Tianshu ??), ST-36 (Zusanli ???), SP-3 (Taibai ??)

• Remarks

Abdominal distention is mostly caused by impairment of the Spleen and Stomach due to irregular or excessive food intake, resulting in dysfunction of transportation and transformation. The food retention forms and obstructs the Qi mechanism, giving rise to a distending sensation in the abdomen.

• Ear acupuncture

Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Sympathetic, Subcortex

1-3 Angina Pectoris ??? Xinjiaotong

• Differentiation

1. Angina Pectoris is the main syndrome of coronary atherosclerotic cardiopathy. The main clinical manifestations include paroxysmal pain or oppressed feeling in the precordial area, radiating to the left shoulder, left arm, or to the neck and throat. It is induced by physical exertion, emotional disturbance, over-eating or attach by cold, and relieved by rest and treatment.

• Treatment

Prescription:

P-6 (Neiguan ??), P-4 (Ximen ??), Ren-17 (Danzhong ??), ST-36 (Zusanli ???), BL-44 (Shentang ??)

1-4 Asthma ?? Xiaochuan

• Differentiation

1. Wind-Cold in the Lung:
The main manifestations include difficult respiration, cough with shortness of breath and wheezing sound in the throat, dilute sputum of white colour, cold limbs without sweating, greyish facial complexion, white or white greasy tongue coating, and superficial tense or superficial slippery pulse. It may be accompanied by chills, fever, headache.

2. Phlegm-Heat Retention in the Lung:
The main manifestations include shallow breathing, strong and coarse voice, cough with thick yellow sputum, stuffy sensation in the chest and epigastric region. It is accompanied by fever, dryness of the mouth, thirst with desire for cold drinking, yellow greasy or sticky coating tongue and rapid slippery pulse.

• Treatment

1. Wind-Cold in the lung:

Prescription:

LU-7 (Lieque ??), BL-13 (Feishu ??), BL-12 (Fengmen ??), ST-9 (Renying ??), EX-B1 (Dingchuan ??)

2. Phlegm-Heat Retention in the Lung:

Prescription:

LU-5 (Chize ??), LU-6 (Kongzui ??), DU-14 (Dazhui ??), ST-40 (Fenglong ??), LI-4 (Hegu ??), REN-17 (Danzhong ??)

• Remarks

This condition includes bronchial asthma, asthmatic bronchitis, obstructive pulmonary emphysema and dyspnea. For severe dyspnea, it is necessary to have a combined treatment.

• Ear acupuncture

Lung, Trachea, Subcortex Sympathetic, Adrenal gland, Shenmen, Endcrine

• Empirical acupuncture points

DU-20 (Baihui ??), DU-14 (Dazhui ??), REN-17 (Shanzhong ??), Ren-19 (Zigong ??), LU-1 (Zhongfu??), LU-2 (Yunmen??), Ren-9 (Shuifen??), ST-25 (Tianshu??), LU-5 (Chize ??), LU-7 (Lieque ??), SP-10 (Xuehai ??), SP-9 ( Yinlingquan???), KI-3 (Taixi ??), ST-41 (Jiexi ??), LIV-3 (Taichong ??), ST-40 (Fenglong??)

1-5 Aphonia ?? Shiyin

• Differentiation

1. Excess Type

(1) Wind-Cold:
The sudden hoarseness of voice is accompanied by difficult cough, fullness in the chest, stuffy nose, chills, fever, headache, with thin white tongue coating and superficial pulse.

(2) Phlegm-Heat:
The sudden low voice or husky voice is accompanied by cough, yellow sputum, sore throat, dry nose, fever, thirst, thin yellow tongue coating and rapid superficial pulse.

(3) Qi Stagnation:
The sudden aphonia that is often induced by emotional upset such as sorrow, grief, depression or anger appears paroxysmal. It is accompanied by restlessness, irritability, suffocating sensation in the chest, or a foreign body sensation in the throat, thin yellow tongue coating and thready pulse.

2. Deficient Type
The progressive aphonia is accompanied by dry throat, thirst, tidal fever, night sweating, dry cough, palpitation, dizziness, tinnitus, red tongue with less coating, and thin rapid pulse.

• Treatment

1. Excess Type

(1) Wind-Cold:
LU-7 (Lieque ??), LI-4 (Hegu ??), LI-17 (Tianding??), ST-9 (Renying ??)

(2) Phlegm-Heat:
LU-10 (Yuji ??), ST-40 (Fenglong??), ST-9 (Renying ??), LI-17 (Tianding ??), REN-22 (Tiantu??)

(3) Qi Stagnation:
LIV-3 (Taichong ??), SJ-6 (Zhigou??), SJ-1 (Guanchong??), ST-9 (Renying ??)

2. Deficient Type

LU-10 (Yuji ??), LU-7 (Lieque ??),...