What if I have a stiff neck? Moxibustion at five points. Dr. Li talks about daily moxibustion.

Stiff neck is a common disease, usually due to overwork; Catch cold at night; Sleeping posture is wrong; Due to improper pillow height and hardness, neck muscles are overstretched or strained for a long time, which leads to neck muscle injury or spasm. It usually happens to young people. Usually there are no symptoms before going to bed. After getting up in the morning, I feel pain in my neck, shoulders and back, and my neck activity is limited.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stiff neck is often caused by the frustration of neck muscles, qi stagnation and blood stasis, resulting in pain, or deficiency of liver and kidney, weakness of muscles and bones, and poor circulation of qi and blood, coupled with deep sleep at night, exposed neck and shoulders, feeling cold, stagnation of qi and blood, and obstruction of meridians, leading to this disease. Moxibustion on related acupoints can promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, dredge collaterals and dispel cold, and promote blood circulation to relieve pain, thus achieving the purpose of treatment.

When we get stiff neck, we can go to see a doctor for treatment. If we have moxa sticks at home, we can have moxibustion therapy.

Stiff neck Our general acupoints for moxibustion are Lieque, Tianzhu, Shoulder and Neck, Houxi and Wailaogong.

Head and neck lack of pair' means that head and neck lack of pair has the function of treating head and neck diseases. The lack of alignment is located at the radial edge of forearm, above the styloid process of radius, with the wrist transverse line of 65,438 0.5 inches, and between the extensor pollicis brevis tendon and the extensor pollicis longus tendon. Moxibustion has the function of dredging collaterals and relieving pain. Use mild moxibustion, hold the moxa stick, and point the other end at Lieque point, which is 20-30 minutes each time, with a distance of 1.5-3 cm from the skin, once a day.

Tianzhu point is located in the depression between the neck, suboccipital bone, sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of trapezius muscle. Moxibustion at Tianzhu point can relieve muscle tension and dispel cold and dampness. During mild moxibustion, the moxibustion recipient can sit or lie prone, hold the moxa stick, and the other end point is at Tianzhu point, which is 0/.5 ~ 3 cm away from the skin, and feel warm or flush for 20 ~ 30 minutes each time, once a day/kloc-0.

The point of shoulder and neck is located at the midpoint of the connecting line between Dazhui point and acromion, and the point is generally selected in sitting or prone position, which has the functions of expelling wind, activating collaterals and reducing swelling.

During mild moxibustion, the moxibustion recipient can take a sitting position or a prone position, holding a moxa stick, and the other end point is at the point on the shoulder and neck, which is about 1 .5 ~ 3cm away from the skin, and feels warm or flushed for 20 ~ 30min each time, once a day1time.

Houxi point belongs to the small intestine meridian of hand sun, which surrounds the neck of scapula and has great therapeutic effect on neck and shoulder pain caused by stiff neck. Houxi point is located at the red and white flesh of the transverse head of the distal metacarpal bone behind the ulna of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint. Moxibustion at Houxi point can dredge meridians and relieve the tension and pain of neck and shoulder muscles. With mild moxibustion, the other end of the moxa stick is at Houxi point, which is 1.5 ~ 3 cm away from the skin, and you can feel the warm and comfortable flush of the point. Moxibustion once a day for 20 ~ 30 minutes each time.

The last point is the foreign workers' palace, which is also an important experience in treating stiff neck. Migrant workers' palaces have the functions of clearing the brain, improving eyesight, relaxing meridians and activating collaterals.

Moxibustion method: Use mild moxibustion, hold the moxa stick and light the other end in the Waigong Palace, at a distance of 1.5-3 cm, and feel the warm and comfortable flushing of the acupoints. Moxibustion once a day for 20 ~ 30 minutes each time.

In addition, besides moxibustion therapy, stiff neck can also be treated with physical therapy such as massage and acupuncture. After the symptoms of stiff neck are relieved, neck function exercise can be carried out to enhance neck strength. Stiff neck usually occurs faster and the course of disease is shorter. Generally, it can be cured in about a week, and timely treatment can shorten the course of disease. If the symptoms of stiff neck appear repeatedly or do not heal for a long time, we should consider the existence of cervical spondylosis, find a professional doctor for examination and treatment in time, and find and treat it early.

Ok, that's all for today. I'm Dr. Li. Wish you good health.