Chinese medicine understanding of childhood encephalopathy

  Chinese medicine believes that encephalopathy in children is caused by a deficiency of brain marrow or a loss of nourishment. The brain is the place where the essence converges and where the vital essence resides. The Su Wen – The Essence of the Pulse says: “The head is the house of the essence”, and the Compendium of Materia Medica also emphasizes: “The brain is the house of the essence”, and in the Materia Medica by Wang Ang, Qing Dynasty, it is written. In the Materia Medica, Wang Ang of the Qing Dynasty wrote: “The memory of man is in the brain”. Wang Qingren in the “medical forest correction” said: “spiritual memory in the brain, because of the diet of blood, long muscles, the essence of the clear juice, into the marrow, from the spinal cord up into the brain, called the brain marrow. The two ears through the brain, the sound of hearing to the brain; two eyes tied to the brain as long as the line, the things seen to the brain; nose to the brain, the smell of odor to the brain, the child’s brain is gradually born, the tongue can speak a word or two”, which explains the hearing, vision, smell and thinking, memory, speech and other functions are attributed to the brain. The meridians are the body to run the whole body qi and blood, contact the internal organs and organs, communicate with the internal and external channels, and the connection with the brain is closely related, so the most direct and effective way to treat children’s brain disease is acupuncture, and acupuncture in Jin San acupuncture efficacy by clinical and practical evidence is the most accurate.