Summary of acupuncture point selection methods

An important factor in the curative effect of acupuncture is the selection of points, accurate syndrome differentiation and reasonable selection of points, which has been more than half successful in clinical treatment, and there are many acupuncture methods. This paper introduces 16 clinical acupoint selection ideas for reference only.

1, local acupoint selection, with pain as relief.

As the name implies, acupoints are selected in local lesions, and acupoints such as acupoints, odd acupoints or Ashi acupoints can be selected in local lesions. This method is also the most widely used method in clinic, such as taking Baihui for top pain, Tang Yin for forehead pain, three points before ear for tinnitus and Shenshu for lumbago. Many people learn acupuncture roughly, but they can only take Ashi point for treatment. Although it is also effective, they need further study and improvement to achieve something.

2. Acupoint selection along meridians

It refers to the selection of points along the meridian where the lesion is located, that is, the so-called meridian, the indication and the place. To master acupoint selection along meridians, we must first master the cycle of acupoint selection along fourteen meridians. Generally, local and distal acupoints of meridians are selected at the same time, and acupoints are selected according to distance. Acupoint selection along meridians is one of the most commonly used methods in clinic, which is easy to master and has good effect. Take Zusanli for stomachache, Hegu for lower toothache and Inner Chamber for upper toothache.

3. Selecting Five Shu Points

4. Other specific acupoint methods

Besides Wushu, there are other special acupoints, such as Yuan, Collateral, Zhi, Mu, Beishu, Xiahe, Eight Veins Intersection and Crossroads. These ten kinds of special points are also very practical in clinic, often with good results, and all kinds of special points can also be used together, such as the original collateral matching point method and the Shu-Mu matching point method. Such as headache acupuncture combined with deficiency of grain and column, that is, the method of original collaterals and points. Acupuncture treatment of miscellaneous diseases in the synopsis of the golden chamber of medical cases attaches great importance to the original matching method, the intersection of eight meridians and the song of twelve points in the star. Mastering the above collocation methods will make it much easier to understand the essentials of acupuncture.

5. giant needling method for acupoint selection

That is, if the left side is sick, take the right side, and if the right side is sick, take the left side and cross the acupoints. Such as right migraine, crying with left foot, hemiplegia and facial paralysis. I like to use this method in clinic, and the immediate effect is good, but I still need to cooperate with other acupoint selection methods to maintain the curative effect. By extension, we should take it from the upper disease and the lower disease, understand its meaning, and change our spirit in clinic, so we don't have to stick to the intersection of the left and right of the giant thorn. The Miao-needling method in Neijing, which treats left diseases and right ones, and pricks blood and pricks collaterals, also belongs to this acupoint selection method. Everyone should be good at summing up.

6, pricking blood method

Collateral puncture and bloodletting are widely used in promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging channels and collaterals, and refreshing the brain and inducing resuscitation. My tutor also often uses the method of collateral puncture. There are probably the following situations in the selection of points for pricking collaterals and bloodletting: First, pricking collaterals and bloodletting at local lesions, such as pinkeye and eye pain, can pricking collaterals and bloodletting at temples. Second, puncture and bleed along the distal meridian. For example, facial acne can be pricked and bled in Quchi. Third, the above acupuncture method is improper. For example, stroke hemiplegia, you can find blood stasis collaterals in the Yangming part of the opposite leg and foot, and bleed. The method of pricking collaterals and bloodletting is suitable for chronic and refractory diseases, as well as various emergency, mental illness and fire-related diseases, and this method often takes quick effect. I have tried pinkeye bleeding, stroke emergency bleeding, back pain bleeding, central bleeding and so on, and the results are all very good. However, the method of pricking collaterals and bloodletting should not be abused, especially for people with blood deficiency and weak qi. Improper bloodletting will lead to aggravation of the disease.

7. Holographic acupoint selection method

Holographic correspondence is very common in the whole body, and its clinical application is varied, but it is generally nothing more than the following aspects. First, the whole holographic correspondence centers on the navel and the life gate. For example, the left upper limb corresponds to the right lower limb, the shoulder corresponds to the hip, and the knee corresponds to the elbow. The second is the Tai Chi conversion centered on the elbow and knee, such as the upper arm corresponding to the thigh and the hand corresponding to the foot. Or conversely, the upper arm corresponds to the calf and the hand corresponds to the hip. The third is the corresponding Tai Chi conversion centered on the wrist and ankle, such as fingers corresponding to toes. Generally, the left-right correspondence is still centered on the umbilical cord or the life gate. For example, the left low back pain corresponds to the right waist. Corresponding before and after illness, before and after illness. For example, taking Tianzong for chest pain and breast pain, and needling the lower abdomen for lumbago.

At present, all kinds of micro-acupuncture therapies are holographic corresponding therapies for body parts, such as scalp acupuncture, facial acupuncture, ear acupuncture, nose acupuncture, eye acupuncture, tongue acupuncture, back acupuncture, abdominal acupuncture, umbilical acupuncture, palm acupuncture, second metacarpal holography, hand holography, foot holography and so on. Personal experience (only representing personal views, not spraying) holographic acupoint selection often takes effect quickly, but long-term curative effect is often difficult to maintain, and long-term treatment must be confirmed by acupoint selection based on syndrome differentiation.

8. Acupoint selection from exterior to interior and from top to bottom

The acupoint selection method of exterior and interior meridians refers to the disease in yang meridians and taking exterior and interior yin meridians; If the disease is in the Yin meridian, take the opposite Yang meridian. If low back pain is in the foot sun meridian, Taixi point of kidney meridian can be taken. The acupoint selection method of upper and lower meridians is disease, and acupuncture meridians are in the upper and lower meridians in circulation order. For example, stomach pain, take Gongsun point of spleen meridian under stomach meridian; For tinnitus due to kidney deficiency, take Kunlun point of bladder meridian above kidney meridian. We often use houxi to treat low back pain, that is, the ascending and descending relationship between the small intestine meridian and the bladder meridian; Treating migraine with Waiguan point is also the principle that gallbladder meridian is located below triple energizer. This acupoint selection method is also widely used in clinic, and is often used in combination with other acupoint selection methods.

9. Dialectical acupoint selection method

That is, according to the dialectical method of four diagnoses and eight classes, acupoint selection is carried out. The general principle is that it is actually diarrhea, and deficiency is tonic. For diarrhea, acupuncture, bloodletting, cupping, tonic, acupuncture, moxibustion or acupuncture are often used. For example, stomach fire is used to purge stomach meridian Xing point for toothache, kidney deficiency for toothache is used to tonify kidney meridian Taixi point, middle energizer with dampness is used to take middle and upper abdomen, wind syndrome is used to take fengchi and Fengfu, yang deficiency is used to replenish the fire of life gate, cold arthralgia is used to moxibustion Shenshu, and tennis elbow with insufficient blood and blood is used to flush yang with foot Yangming meridian.

10, be strange.

Including the common traditional strange points and Dong Shi strange points, and the clinical application of strange points is also attached great importance in the acupuncture essentials of Yi Zong Jin Jian. In clinical application, I often use the acupoints of the Fourteen Classics in combination with odd acupoints, and I often win by surprise. For example, the acupoints for calming nerves, trigeminal therapy for headache, stiff neck baryon, tenosynovitis and rotten eyes are all quick-acting. A few years ago, the strange acupoints in Dong Shi were quite popular, and the acupoints method was quite meaningful. It is different from traditional acupuncture, because it lives in Neijing, so students who have spare capacity can apply it.

1 1, the body should be scored.

That is, treat bones with bones, tendons with tendons, skin with skin, meat with meat, and pulse with pulse. Of course, it can also be understood as treating kidney with bone, liver with tendon, lung with skin, spleen with meat and heart with pulse. In application, I attach great importance to shallow needling skin to treat dermatosis, and acupuncture on bone can treat bone arthralgia. In clinical observation, acupuncture at Hegu point was used to treat arthralgia in bones and muscles, and it was found that compared with the treatment method of ignoring deep needling and blindly seeking for deep needling, the course of disease was often much shorter.

12, Experience Acupoint Method

Many acupuncturists have concluded that there are some clinical experience points, which are often different from family to family, similar to strange points, but not completely strange points, and can be considered as experience points. For example, my mother taught me to push around the stagnation point of deltoid muscle to treat acute sore throat, and to treat bulbar palsy with the blood supply point learned by Gao Weibin. These experiences have helped me a lot, and achieved good clinical results, such as treating the sprain of three and a half inches outside the hand and the cough in the middle of the big spine and rafters. And everyone can gradually accumulate and summarize in their study.

13, soothe the nerves and select points.

The theory comes from the fact that all kinds of pain and sores belong to the heart, and my tutor often applies them. For all kinds of pain, choosing heart meridian or calming nerves such as Neiguan, Shenmen, Daling, Baihui and Shenting is often more effective than simply applying other acupoint selection methods. In my application, I generalize it For all kinds of chronic and difficult diseases, it is often better to cooperate with acupoint therapy to soothe the nerves. You can also try it clinically.

14, acupoint selection method based on the theory of syndrome differentiation of zang-fu organs

There is also a theory in Chinese medicine that zang-fu organs are connected with bladder, liver with large intestine, heart with gallbladder, spleen with small intestine, kidney with triple energizer and stomach with pericardium. According to this theory, acupoint selection is also effective. For example, Neiguan treats stomach diseases, Zhongzhu relieves kidney pain and so on. We have carefully realized that the quirks of Dong Shi have played a lot of roles in this respect and can be studied in depth.

Acupoint selection methods such as 15, five movements and six qi, eight methods of Liu Zhu, Guiling and Tengfei.

These all belong to the category of time medicine, which is quite meaningful and should be mastered hard. To learn time medicine, you need to be proficient in astronomy and Zhouyi. Master the laws of natural changes in heaven and earth. Its logic is subtle, and we can figure it out slowly. I am too ignorant to comment. Interested students can learn and master slowly.

16, eight-character correspondence and the development of modern needle fixture.

The eight-character method includes four methods: yin and yang, relativity, balance and reaction. This method was initiated by an old Chinese doctor, Mr. Li, and it is also very practical. This method can instantly eliminate all kinds of pain through the principle of "positioning" and "acupuncture-based counterattack", such as taking clavicle for low back pain, ilium for breast disease, and back of hand for foot pain. Under the guidance of the four methods, we can master various diseases of the body and understand the causes and treatments of various parts.

With the combination of modern anatomy, histology and acupuncture, modern doctors have invented many different acupuncture methods, such as small needle knife, micro needle knife, acupuncture knife, floating needle, new nine needle, blade needle, small and wide needle, beryllium needle, pine needle, microsurgical blade needle and so on. The application of these needles is not limited to acupoints, but the acupoints are selected according to the anatomical parts, and the effect is also good in treating some musculoskeletal diseases. In recent years, there are water needle knives, injection needle knives and laser needle knives. I haven't used it, so I dare not comment. From the data, it also has a good clinical effect. The above acupuncture methods are different from the traditional conventional acupuncture needles, and the theory is mostly combined with modern medicine. Interested students can learn the application. Acupuncture belongs to the road of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is often not difficult to prick a few needles, but it is not easy to master acupuncture technology in an all-round way.