Treatment of apoplexy with brain-activating and orifice-opening acupuncture

Through summarizing clinical and experimental researches on brain-activating and orifice-opening acupuncture method and the clinical observation of the 9 005 patients in 40 years, the basic pathogenesis of apoplexy has been considered to be stagnant blood, liver wind and turbid phlegm resulting in obstruction of brain orifices, loss of vitality and failure to conduct qi. Therapeutic principles and needling methods have heen devised on that basis. The acupoints in the three yin meridians and the Governor Vessel are mainly selected and standardized quantification of needling techniques emphasized, which are quite different from traditional acupoint selection and needling methods for treatment of apoplexy. It is presented as follows.     

Acupuncture Treatment for 35 Cases of Urticaria

In TCM it is held that urticaria is mostly due to weak constitution with deficiency of qi and blood, or prolonged illness that causes consumption of qi and blood. Such constitution can result in formation of wind due to blood deficiency, and intemal-extemal lack of resistance due to qi-deficiency, which gives chances to pathogenic wind to invade the body, hence the occurrence of urticaria. Therefore, this disease is a complicated one with deficiency in the origin and excessiveness of pathogen. The Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department of Guanganmen Hospital has adopted acupuncture treatment for this disease through treating both the incidental and fundamental simultaneously, and obtained quite good clinical therapeutic effects as is summarized in the following.     

贺氏针灸三通法治疗带状疱疹后遗神经痛的疗效观察

He＇s Three Promotions of acu-moxibustion are invented by Prof. He Pu-ren, the eminent expert on acu-puncture after his 50-year clinical experiences. Prof. He has summarized various techniques of aeu-moxibustion as three promotions, there are mild promotion, in which, needling with filiform needle is predominated; warm promotion, in which, fire needling and moxibustion are predominated and strong promotion,     

Knowledge Learnt from Biaoyoufu （《标幽赋》）

Biaoyoufu (<标幽赋>), written by acupuncturist DOU Han-qing of Jin Dynasty, with extremely profound theory constructively revealed the relationship between needling and yin-yang, five elements, zang-fu organs, meridians,qi, blood, needling techniques, methods in selecting points, points for attention and contraindications,introduced author's clinical experience and realization,elaborated the essence of Neijing (<内经>), and it is highly praised by all doctors through ages and it also has guiding function in clinic. Some acquisitions from Biaoyoufu (<标幽赋>)is now reported as follow.     

TCM Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis by Tonifying the Kidney and Strengthening the Governor Vessel

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic and progressive disorder with inflammation mainly involving the central axis joints. It mainly affects the cervical spine and the lumbosacral area, with the pathogenesis closely related to the kidney and the Governor Vessel （GV）. TCM holds that the syndrome is deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality, which is due to insufficiency of the kidney, deficiency of GV, and blocking of the channels with the invasion of exogenous evil, leading to poor circulation of qi and blood and malnutrition of the bones, muscles and joints. The TCM method of tonifying the kidney and strengthening GV to regulate circulation of qi and blood and check the arthralgia pain should be adopted, with the Kidney-Tonifying and GV Strengthening Decoction （益肾强督汤） prescribed.     

WEI JIA''''S EXPERIENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF FENGCHI (GB 20)

The article introduces Prof.Weijia's experience in using Fengchi(GB 20)totreat gastric ulcer,bronchial asthma,sciatica,and alopecia,etc.He considers that the point has seven general functions of dispelling pathogenic wind,purging pathogenic fire,relieving the depressedliver-Qi,resolving the phlegm,activating the blood,tranquilizing the mind,and checking spasm andconvulsion.It also introduces some common diseases treated with needling Fengchi and adjunctpoints,manipulations,and precautions,etc.It Is a comparatively comprehensive summary of Prof.Wei Jia's individual experience in wonderfully using Fengchi.     

Special Issue on Qi Deficiency and Blood Stasis

正Qi deficiency and blood stasis is a common feature in coronary heart disease,cardiac hypertrophy,myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and heart failure,for which there is a lack of effective prevention and treatment methods in modern medicine.Some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has shown beneficial effect on heart diseases in clinic,and increasing clinical and basic studies have been carried out devoting to the mechanism behand these medicines,particularly focusing on their potential of tonifying Qi and promoting blood circulation,as well as the scientific essence of the Qi deficiency and Blood Stasis.In order to exchange the latest research results in this field,we have organized special issues of Qi deficiency and blood stasis,tonifying Qi and promoting blood circulation.Experts from this field are welcome to contribute original research articles or reviews.     

Research progress of acupuncture analgesia for labor

Labor pain is a kind of severe pain the lying-in women of natural childbirth must undergo. The labor quality is decided by the tolerance to pain. Acupuncture analgesia for labor pain has been increasingly concerned and applied by more and more clinical workers because of its safety and efficacy. By summarizing and analyzing the choice and applications of various factors of acupuncture analgesia for labor pain such as acupoint selection, instrument analgesic coefficient, and the needling techniques in acupuncture analgesia for labor pain in the recent 12 years, this study aims to provide a theoretical foundation for the clinical application of acupuncture analgesia for labor pain.     

Professor QIN Liang-fu's Clinical Experience: Using Governor Vessel to Treat Miscellaneous Diseases

Professor QIN attaches great importance to the theory of Governor Vessel and focuses on the regulation of the yang qi in the Governor Vessel. In the early 1960s, he put forward the viewpoint that the Gov ernor Vessel is mainly used to treat such diseases of the limbs as cervical and lumbar retrograde affection,apoplectic sequelae and syringomyelia. In Chinese medicine, the Governor Vessel is considered as the sea and commander of yang meridians, dominating the yang qi throughout the body and connecting the hand and foot yang meridians. Professor QIN applies the theory of Governor Vessel to harmonize yin and yang, qi and blood, ultimately to treat various miscellaneous disorders. Gradually, he gets used to use the Governor Vessel to treat miscellaneous diseases. Clin ical practice has proved that the acupoints of the Governor Vessel have better effects than the local acupoints in the treatment of miscellaneous diseases.His clinical experience is presented as follows.     

Acupuncture Treatment of 10 Cases Affected by Psoriasis

Aim Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, often worsened by mental stress, hard work and otherfactors. According to TCM, psoriasis can be divided into 2 main and 2 secondary syndromes;“heat syndrome of theblood system“; “dryness syndrome of the blood system“ , “wind-dryness syrckome of the blood system“ , “qi-stagna-tion“ and blood-stasis syndrcine“. All the above causes determine the liberation of the =wind and heat“ pathogenic fac-tors, which are transferred to the skin, Acupuncture is aimed to rebalance the energy ( qi) of the human body.     

苍龟探穴针法治疗膝关节骨性关节炎57例

Osteoarthritis (OA) of knee joint is a common chronic joint disease in community.It is seen in middle-aged and old people generally.In clinic, a great deal of attention is paid because of its serious pain and motor impairment of knee joint.These symptoms become the important factors affecting the survival quality of the middle-aged and old people.The authors adopted the needling method of Canggui tanxue (needling manipulation for promoting qi) to treat 57 cases of the disease in Community Health Service Center.The report is as follows.     

LECTURES ON ACUPUNCTURE：Part Ⅰ Clinical Acupuncture Lecture Twenty-Four ＂XIONGBI＂ （CHEST PAIN） SYNDROME

“Xiongbi“ chest (or precordial) pain with stuffiness, or chest pain syndrome is referred to choking pain in the chest due to stagnation of chest -yang, failure of qi and blood in warming and nourishing the local meridians. It is usually caused by stagnation of dampness and phlegm in the interior, or by insufficiency of qi and blood stasis, leading to impeded flow of qi and blood in the heart vessels. Its pathological characteristics are deficiency (chest-yang) in origin and excess (i.e., qi stagnation) in superficiality. The therapeutic principles are promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, getting rid of blockage and dredging the passages of yang-qi.     

肾性血尿中医病机辨治探讨

Renal hematuria, long course of disease, pathogenesis is complicated. The occurrence of renal hematuria with hot and humid, kidney deficiency, blood stasis, pathogenic wind, and many other factors related to disease mainly related to the kidney and urinary bladder, and lung, spleen, heart, collaterals, and so on. Its pathogenesis based on spleen and kidney deficiency, humid heat and blood stasis, for standard, factors. When a variety of reasons cause renal collaterals injury or blood row is in error, it could cause blood in the urine. Chinese herbal medicine has better curative effect for renal hematuria treat- ment, in pathogenesis of Traditional Chinese Medicine to guide clinical medication, complement the principle of syndrome differ- entiation of TCM.     

CLINICAL APPLICATION OF ＂LUMBAR THREE-POINT NEEDLING＂ IN TREATMENT OF LUMBAR AND BUTTOCK DISEASES

“Lumbar three-point needling“, meaning puncturing Shenshu (BL 23), Dachangshu (BL 25) and Ciliao(BL 32) at the same time, is a commonly used acupuncture method in the treatment of lumbocrural diseases. Points supplemented according to symptoms. Weizhong(BL 40) is supplemented for lumbar vertebra hypertrophy spondylitis; Weizhong (BL 40) and Kunlun(BL 60) supplemented for acute lumbar muscle sprain; Zhibian (BL 54), Huantiao (GB 30) and Ahshi points supplemented for nervi cluniam superior inflammation, and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Mingmen(GV 4) supplemented for impotence. Gauge-28 2 curt long needles are used. The needles are inserted perpendicularly into Shenshu(BL 23), Dachengshu(BL 25) and Ciliao(BL 32) to a depth of about 1.2 --- 1.5 cun. Other supplementary points are needled and stimulated with routine manipulations, generally the reducing method is used for excess syndrome, and the reinforcing method applied to deficiency syndrome. The author, on the basis of many years of clinical practice, considers that “lumbar three-point needling“ is fairly effective in treating lumbosacral diseases.     

Research on Meridians in China

The theory of meridian （it is interpreted as channels and collaterals, or meridian in English）, is an important theoretical kernel of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. TCM holds that meridian is a complicated system with the fourteen meridians as the main part, which distributes over the whole human body. Each meridian belongs to a corresponding viscus interiorly, and winds around the limbs and joints exteriorly. It functions to transport the qi and blood, regulates the balance between Yin and Yang, responses to the changes in the natural world. It is the pathway for transporting qi and blood. Accordingly, it is considered to be the connective, regulative and responsive system of the body. In comparison to the Western medicine and modem biology, it elucidates the vital process and regulation of the function of human body in a totally different way and involves many brilliant theoretical expositions. Therefore, it has been deeply concerned by many researchers in China and abroad. Once the essence of meridian is elucidated, it must vigorously promote the development of TCM as well as the whole medical science and benefit the mankind.     

ACUPUNCTURE TREATING 32 CASES OF MUSCULUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS INJURY CAUSED BY QUINIMAX

Quinimax injection causes side effect characterized by pain and atrophy in mus-culus quadriceps femoris.Pain predominates in acute stage and corresponds to the Bi Syndrome,whileatrophy is seen in chronic stage,and refers to the Wei Syndrome.The pain should be treated by acti-vating Qi and blood circulation.The atrophy should be treated on the principle of tonifying blood andnourishing tendons.The points of the stomach moridian are mostly selected for the treatment purposebecause they are abundant in Qi and blood.My try is successful.The cured rate is 61.76% and all 34diseased lower extremities are improved.