Can acupuncture treat cervical spondylosis?

Cervical spondylosis is a very headache disease. Cervical spondylosis is caused by muscle relaxation of cervical intervertebral disc, which leads to hyperosteogeny of upper and lower vertebral bodies, compression of cervical sympathetic nerve or influence of blood supply of cervical artery, causing dizziness, cervical pain, shoulder stiffness and other clinical symptoms. Cervical spondylosis is also called cervical osteoarthritis, and Chinese medicine calls it joint pain. Similarly, cervical spondylosis can also be treated with Chinese medicine, such as acupuncture. Give you a brief talk.

1. Attention should be paid to acupuncture treatment.

Clean and disinfect the selected acupoints to keep the local skin dry. Don't let your neck catch cold. Cold evil will hinder blood circulation and aggravate cervical pain. Because the acupoints are on the body surface, we should keep warm in winter, and pay attention to the indoor temperature in summer to keep it moderate. Pay attention to ventilation when doing acupuncture. Generally speaking, moxibustion is not suitable for facial acupoints. Don't moxibustion before going to bed, before meals and after meals.

2, acupuncture treatment of cervical spondylosis.

Chinese medicine divides cervical spondylosis into four types: wind-cold-dampness type, qi stagnation and blood stasis type, rheumatic fever type and liver and kidney deficiency type. Treatment should be based on relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and tonifying liver and kidney. Taking Tianzhu, Fengchi, Jianjing, Shenmai, Taiyang Meridian, Zushaoyang Meridian and Huatuo Jiaji as the main points, adding Taixi and Taichong points for liver and kidney deficiency, and warming acupuncture with wind-cold type to tonify deficiency and reduce excess can improve local blood circulation and cure cervical vertebra.

3. How to prevent cervical spondylosis?

Acupuncture has a good effect on cervical spondylosis, which can relieve the muscle tension of local lesions. You can go to the hospital for regular acupuncture treatment. For patients with slight bone deformation, early acupuncture treatment has obvious effect. Stiff neck is the most common cervical spondylosis. In daily life, we should pay attention to the sleeping position, the height of the pillow, and the warmth of the neck and shoulders to prevent cervical spondylosis.