Four methods of acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine

Acupuncture is to select acupuncture points according to our body's acupuncture points, and then stimulate them. In this way, it helps us to treat various diseases. Therefore, how to choose acupoints is very important. We need to know the angle, depth and direction of acupuncture when we apply needles at that point. Let's take a look together.

Four methods of acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine

(1) Closer.

The location of acupoints can mainly treat internal and external diseases and syndromes occurring in this part, especially the acupoints on the head and trunk mainly treat local diseases and syndromes. For example, acupoints on the face and hands are beneficial to the local skin beauty of the face and hands. Simple obesity, obvious abdominal hypertrophy, take abdominal acupoints. Abdominal acupoints can treat gastrointestinal diseases. When women are sick, they need acupuncture points on the lumbosacral region and the lower abdomen, and acupuncture points on the back should regulate the corresponding internal organs.

(2) far point selection

This is the basic law of acupoint selection in the Fourteen Meridians. Among the acupoints of the Fourteen Meridians, especially those below the elbow and knee joint, in addition to attending local diseases, they can also treat distant diseases of tissues, organs and viscera, and some acupoints even have the effect of pulling one hair and moving the whole body. Acupoints can be selected from meridians and different meridians. The main basis for selecting points in the far part is: ① Meridians circulate, and the main points are reached; ② Exterior-interior relationship of yin and yang in meridians; ③ The relationship between viscera and collaterals; (4) the functional relationship between the five internal organs, such as yin and yang and five elements. For example, Zusanli, the stomach meridian, is used to regulate the gastrointestinal function of the spleen and stomach; Acupuncture at Taichong point of liver meridian to treat liver depression and chloasma: leucorrhea is numerous and sparse, uterine prolapse is 100 times); Clear the deficiency fire, use the spring breeze to eliminate phlegm and block the collaterals, and the mouth and eyes are skewed.

Clinically, acupoints are often selected near and far, such as Tang Yin, Bai Yang, Hegu and Neiting. Mouth disease is close to warehouse, cheek car, Shimonoseki, far from Hegu and inner courtyard; Stomach fu-organs are close to Zhongwan, Ermen and Shu Wei, but far from Neiguan, Zusanli and Gongsun. The liver is close to the portal, Zhangmen and Ganshu, and far from Taichong and Zhigou.

(3) Special functions of acupoints

Some acupoints also have relatively specific therapeutic effects. For example, Dazhui, Quchi, Hegu purging heat; Water, Yin Lingquan diuretic detumescence; Zusanli, Guanyuan and Qihai health; Baihui can promote the elimination of yang.

(4) Selecting points according to symptoms

Acupoint selection according to specific symptoms is also called experience acupoint selection. Such as collapse moxibustion Baihui, Shenque and Guanyuan, acupuncture Zusanli; Sweat with many grains, slipping back; Insomnia takes Shenmen, Sanyinjiao and Taixi; Dreaming of comfort, impulsiveness and divinity; Constipation takes Shu Tian and Zhi Gou; Take Quchi, Xuehai and Sanyinjiao for skin itching.