Acupuncture treatment for cervical spondylosis

  Nerve root cervical spondylosis belongs to the category of “paralysis” in Chinese medicine, mostly caused by strain or external injury, resulting in local qi and blood blockage.  Patients with neurogenic cervical spondylosis suffer from local and upper limb numbness and pain, which seriously affects their daily life and work. From 2005 to 2007, the author applied scalp acupuncture and body acupuncture to treat 60 cases of neurogenic cervical spondylosis and achieved satisfactory results.  Scalp acupuncture is mainly based on the theory of Chinese medicine’s internal organs and meridians and the functional positioning of the cerebral cortex to treat common clinical conditions, and scalp acupuncture has a close relationship with holographic theory. For neurogenic cervical spondylosis, acupuncture is taken to the middle 2/5 part of the posterior parietotemporal oblique line on the opposite side, and the area corresponding to it is exactly the projection of the functional area of the brain of the affected upper limb positioned in the scalp.  The mechanism of action is that one can directly regulate the function of the cerebral cortex, and the other is that stimulating the head acupuncture point can regulate the flow of qi and blood and unblock the meridians to achieve therapeutic purposes. In addition, by combining with local and upper limb acupuncture points can relieve the tension of muscles and ligaments in the lesioned area, eliminate inflammation and edema around the nerve roots, improve blood circulation around the injured tissues, and facilitate the improvement of symptoms, thus achieving the purpose of treating the disease.