Moxibustion treatment for hyperlipidemia

  I. Disease Fact Sheet.
  1. Diagnostic points.
  Hypercholesterolemia: serum total cholesterol (TC) is higher than 5.18 mmol/L.
  Hypertriglyceridemia: serum triacylglycerol (TG) is higher than 1.70mmol/L.
  Mixed hyperlipidemia: both serum total cholesterol and serum triacylglycerol levels are elevated.
  Low HDL-hemoglobinemia: serum HDL-Cholesterol (HDL-TC) is lower than 0.91 mmol/L
  2. Disease characteristics.
  Slow onset; can develop in both women and men, and is more common in those with obesity.
  Influencing factors.
  Diet is not moderate, over-eating fatty, sweet and thick taste;
  Exercise too little;
  Excessive alcohol consumption.
  Second, the characteristic treatment introduction.
  1.Featured moxibustion method.
  Moxibustion method (according to the patient’s physique and condition, identify the prescription and make into a medicine cake).
  Wheat grain moxibustion method.
  Mild moxibustion method.
  Warm needle moxibustion method.
  Once a day, once for 20 to 30 minutes, 3 to 5 times for a course of treatment.
  2.Auricular acupuncture point therapy: according to the physique and condition, auricular acupuncture point pressure is chosen, about 2 times a week.
  3.Acupuncture point application: according to the physique and condition, identify the prescription, modulate the ointment and apply it to the acupuncture point.
  4.Section therapy: whole body conditioning, it is recommended to apply moxibustion or compress in the twenty-fourth season of each year.