Acupuncture for allergic rhinitis

  Allergic rhinitis is a kind of allergic reaction disease, so it is also called allergic rhinitis. The main clinical manifestations are episodes of nasal itching, nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, nasal mucous membrane edema, pallor and turbinate enlargement. The prevention of allergic rhinitis referred to in this section mainly lies in the control of its attacks.  Acupuncture for the prevention and treatment of allergic rhinitis was first reported in 1957. In addition to acupuncture therapy, various methods of acupoint stimulation, including acupoint dressing, pointer, acupoint laser irradiation, moxibustion, auricular pressure pills, acupoint injection, and auricular acupuncture, have been applied to the treatment of allergic rhinitis, and a large number of cases have been accumulated, with some papers reporting 500 cases at a time. The observation results of more than 500 cases at one time. To a certain extent, it reveals the clinical rules of acupuncture to prevent and treat this disease. Among all the acupuncture points located in the stimulation method. The most widely used and most effective is the acupuncture point application method. It is worth pointing out that acupuncture can not only prevent its attack, but also cure it in some cases.