Winter illnesses and summer treatment with the application of acupuncture points

  Bony protrusions and depressions, muscle contours, and skin wrinkles that can be observed and touched on the surface of the living body are called body surface markers. The application of these body surface markings can be used as a marker for clinical examination, treatment and acupuncture point positioning, so they have practical significance. The bony and muscular signs of the neck, back and waist are as follows: 1. Longitudinal dorsal groove: A shallow groove running longitudinally in the middle of the back, at the bottom of which the spinous processes of the vertebrae can be touched.  When the head is bent down, the 7th cervical spine can be felt at the flat shoulder.  Definite asthma: under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, 0.5 inch next to the large vertebra.  2.Scapula: Located under the skin, you can feel the scapular peak, scapular gland and the lower angle. The medial end of the scapular gland is flat on the spine of the 3rd thoracic vertebra. The inferior angle is opposite to the 7th rib or flat to the 7th rib gap. (Lung Yu: When the 3rd thoracic vertebra is under the spinous process, it is 1.5 inches (equivalent to the width of the second finger of one’s own finger) from the left to the right.)  Heart Yu: when under the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra, open 1.5 inches to the left and right (equivalent to the width of the second finger of one’s own finger).  Diaphragmatic Yu: when the 7th thoracic vertebra is under the spinous process, the left and right side is open 1.5 inches (equivalent to the width of the second finger of one’s own finger).  For the convenience of patients to bring home medicine and take points, so specially listed, because the winter and summer medicine warm mainly for the treatment of allergic rhinitis, asthma, recurrent cough, easy to catch a cold, take the above eight points can be. In general, do not paste other points on the back, so as not to affect the effectiveness of the paste.