Diabetic Retinopathy Acupuncture Therapy

  Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes, and diabetic retinopathy is one of the most important complications of diabetic eye disease, which belongs to the category of “vision dimness, visual confusion, green blindness and blinding” in Chinese medicine. -In general, Western medicine uses photocoagulation in the early stage of its proliferation, and vitrectomy for vitreous blood accumulation causing mechanized tissue, while for simple diabetic retinopathy, Western medicine does not have obvious efficacy. Therefore, it is especially important to give full play to the treatment of the ancestral medicine.  I in the clinical acupuncture through Baihui, Tongtian, Chengguang —-, and then dialectical addition and subtraction, in improving the patient’s visual acuity most effective, and even some can play an immediate effect. The analysis of the mechanism is as follows: With the development of medicine, people now gradually realize that: the main pathogenesis of diabetes is: spleen deficiency and subsidence. The head is the meeting of all the yang, and the function of the orifices of the head and face needs the support of the spleen and stomach to raise the qi. The stomach is deficient, the ears, eyes, mouth and nose will all be sick. In the treatise on the spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are deficient, the nine orifices will be blocked. The spleen is not strong enough to block the nine orifices, and if the five organs are not in harmony, the nine orifices will be blocked. The medical formula of the collection of explanation: five organs are endowed with gas in the spleen and stomach, to reach the nine orifices; annoyed and injured in the middle, so that the impulse and the gas can not rise, so the eyes faint and deaf. And the Baihui belongs to the Governor’s Vessel, which is in the highest part of the body and has an elevating effect. As the “Sheng Hui” says: If moxibustion (Bai Hui) is frequent, I am afraid to pull the Qi up, -, modern medical research found that acupuncture Bai Hui point can treat prolapse of the uterus. Thus acupuncture at Baihui can elevate Yang energy and enhance the rising and clearing function of the spleen and stomach.  Human beings and nature are a unified whole, the human body’s organs and limbs and the natural corresponding connected, the sky has the sun and the moon, then people have two eyes, so the brightness of the eyes or not, need the nourishment of natural Yang Qi, such as “Su Wen. Yin and Yang should be the elephant in the room, said: clear yang out of the upper orifice, cloudy yin out of the lower orifice …… The sky is not enough to the northwest, so the northwest yin, so the right ear and eye is not as bright as the left, ……. East Yang, Yang, its essence and on, and on the upper is bright and the lower deficiency, so make the ears and eyes smart and hands and feet inconvenience, Western Yin, Yin, its essence and with the lower, and with the lower is the upper Sheng and the lower deficiency, so its ears and eyes not smart and hands and feet will be. The Tongtian and Chengguang points belong to the Sun meridian, which resides in the upper part of the body and has the role of Tongtian and Chengguang. In ancient times, they were named as such.  The above points are best taken on sunny days, in the morning when Yang energy is strong, but still need to be combined with dialectical points.  Case:Li Xiying, female, diabetic for more than 10 years, blurred vision for 1 year, aggravated for 1 month, fundus film showed: fundus lesion stage 3. After giving one treatment to Baihui, Chengguang, Tongtian, and Muowu acupuncture points, she felt that her blurred vision was better than before and could read newspapers. The patient did not perform visual acuity measurement due to the short duration, and was reviewed with fundus film.