Xiangqiang, a Chinese medicine term, refers to the stiffness of the muscle tendons in the neck and neck area. Generally due to external wind-cold, cold evil invasion of the solar meridian, the meridian qi uncomfortable caused.
Xiangqiang first appeared in the “Suwen – to the true to the great theory” in the “all contractures Xiangqiang, all belong to the wet”. Han Dynasty “Typhoid. Identify the sun disease pulse evidence and treatment” called the back of the neck pain. Xiangqiang can be divided into wind-cold bundle surface Xiangqiang and wind-dampness offenses surface Xiangqiang, evil heat injuries Xiangqiang, gold sores, wind toxicity Xiangqiang and other types.
1. Wind-cold and wind-dampness are both caused by external evils. The wind-cold Xiangqiang, for the wind-cold evil invasion of the solar meridian, so that the blood stagnation, meridian congestion, blood loss of fluency, resulting in the tendons and veins constriction. The strong wind-damp item is the evil of wind-dampness that offends the surface. Stagnant meridians and channels, the yin containment qi, so that the qi and blood run by the yin and caused.
2. Evil heat injures Jin Xiangqiang, mostly due to the feeling of fire and heat of the evil, or due to external evil heat into the evil burnt liver meridian, depletion of yin fluid, so that the tendons and veins are not nourished and lead to.
3. The rate evidence due to trauma, sores are not healed, feel the wind and poisonous evil, the meridian blockage, Yingwei can not be declared due to the strong.
Xiangqiang patients can go to a Chinese medicine hospital for examination, standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor.