How to treat cervical spondylosis with acupuncture?

Acupuncture treatment of cervical spondylosis mostly adopts the combination of acupoint selection along the meridian, local acupoint selection and acupoint selection from outside the meridian, which can eliminate or alleviate the symptoms caused by cervical spondylosis, such as headache, dizziness, neck pain, mobility inconvenience, tinnitus, numbness of upper limbs and neurological dysfunction.

(1) Acupuncture treatment of cervical spondylosis: Fengchi, Dazhui, Tianzhu, Jade Pillow and Giant salamander (supplemented by the above points); Shoulder well, cervical vertebra, Shousanli, Hegu, and Legqog (the above points are purgative).

(2) Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Baihui, Fengchi, Houding and Zusanli (supplemented by the above points); Weizhong, Houxi, Dazhui, Yongquan (the above points are purgative).

(3) Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis: Dazhui, Fengchi, Dazhui and Zusanli. (The above points are supplementary); Jade pillow, Fenglong, Hegu, cervical clamp, etc. (The above points are purged).

(4) Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: Dazhui, Fengchi, Yanglingquan, Daxie, etc. (The above points are supplementary); Shoulder beard, Hegu, Shousanli and Weizhong points (the above points are purgative).

(5) Sympathetic cervical spondylosis: Fengfu, Fengchi, Neiguan and Legqog. (The above points are supplementary); Cervical clamp, Dazhui, posterior parietal bone, Hegu, Yongquan, etc. (The above points are purged).

(6) Traumatic cervical spondylosis: rafters, air doors, wind pools, Baihui, etc. (The above points are supplementary); Fengfu, Shousanli, Hegu, Weizhong, Yanglingquan, etc. (The above points are purged).

(7) Cervical spondylosis of medulla oblongata: Dazhui, Fengchi, Fengfu and Yanglingquan (supplemented by the above points); Dayu, Tianzhu, Hegu, Fenglong, etc. (The above acupoints are purgative).

(8) Mixed cervical spondylosis: According to the mixed type, prescription and acupoint matching are made with reference to the above acupoint types.