Does Acupuncture Work for Chronic Eczema

Acupuncture for chronic eczema can better relieve the symptoms, but it is difficult to cure, the treatment is often to dispel the wind to stop itching (by removing the wind that invades the surface of the muscle to stop itching), strengthen the spleen and promote dampness as a general rule, with local points and hand Yangming, foot Taiyin meridian points as the main points, based on the evidence of addition and subtraction of acupuncture treatment, follow the doctor’s orders according to the course of treatment, the general effect is good. Acupuncture treatment of chronic eczema is often used as the main acupuncture points (acidity, numbness, distension and pain sensation of the obvious points), Yinlingquan point, the Sea of Blood, Fengshi point, for the spleen deficiency and dampness of patients with spleen Yu, Lung Yu; for patients with dampness and heat infiltration of patients with Sanyinjiao point, Daxian point; for anal eczema, plus the long strong, Chengshan; for scrotal eczema, plus the Ququan point, LiGou point. Acupuncture and moxibustion techniques, for the localization of skin lesions can be circumferential stabbing, shallow stabbing or skin needle percussion bleeding. The skin lesions can be pricked by shallow stabbing and percussive stabbing of Ah Yes points to regulate the local meridian qi, seeping dampness and relieving itchiness. Acupuncture treatment of chronic eczema also requires clinical diagnosis and treatment of acupuncture points, so it is recommended that patients in regular hospitals, under the guidance of a specialist doctor diagnosis and treatment of acupuncture points, do not self-acupuncture, in order to avoid adverse reactions aggravate the condition.