Acupuncture is an important part of Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the use of refined metal needles into certain parts of the human body, with appropriate techniques to stimulate, while moxibustion is the use of moxa or moxa cones ignited and smoked acupuncture points to stimulate, through stimulation to adjust the function of the human meridians organs qi and blood and prevention of disease purposes. Modern acupuncture treatment for cervical spondylosis has received increasing attention from scholars at home and abroad, and a variety of acupoint stimulation methods have been used for this disease.
When acupuncture is used to treat cervical spondylosis, local acupuncture points are mainly taken, and acupuncture points are allocated according to the evidence (symptoms), and the angle and depth of acupuncture should be mastered when acupuncture is applied to the cervical points. With electroacupuncture can enhance the effect of pain relief, long-lasting disease cold quality can be added moxibustion method synergistic effect. Long-term disease into the complex can be stabbing cupping to remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Ear acupuncture pressure can play a preventive role, with the neck activities can loosen the muscles, unlock the joints, relieve pain. Head acupuncture, cupping, acupuncture knife, acupuncture point injection in the treatment of their respective strengths.
Acupuncture is effective in treating cervical spondylosis and has no side effects. Among them, the nerve root type is the most effective, sympathetic type, vertebral artery type is the second, and spinal cord type is poor. Among the various treatments, acupuncture point combination therapy has the best effect. The acupuncture treatment is mainly applied to the cervical instability and the bone flap irritation stage in the degeneration process, while for the bone flap compression stage, comprehensive treatment measures, including surgery, are required. Acupuncture treatment for this disease mainly works by improving local blood circulation, releasing adhesions and spasm.
Experiments have shown that acupuncture can relieve vasospasm and increase blood flow to the cervical artery; it can relieve the subjective pain and improve the cervical electromyography. Cervical spondylosis is a degenerative pathology, acupuncture can relieve pain and improve symptoms, but can not be eradicated, often prone to recurrence. Therefore, further research is needed to improve the efficacy and reduce recurrence. At the same time, during the treatment period, we should pay attention to protection, avoid long-term low head work, moderate activity after 1 to 2 hours of work, usually take the correct sleep posture, pillow height is moderate, pay attention to the neck warmth, avoid wind and cold, cold and damp evil.
Type of treatment.
(1) Cervical cervical spondylosis: for those whose main symptoms are mainly cervical strength, needles can be applied to Fengchi, Hegu, Liegun, Hanging Bell and Waiguan; for those whose main symptoms are neck pain and pharyngeal pain, needles can be applied to Dazhi, Quchi, Hegu, Waiguan and Houxi; for those who are restricted in tilting, needles can be applied to Kunlun and Liegun; for those who are restricted in rotation, needles can be applied to Zhizheng.
(2) Nerve root type cervical spondylosis: if the main symptom is mainly pain, acupuncture Fengchi, Hegu, Foot Sanli, Hanging bell, Houxi; if there is shoulder pain, acupuncture Shoulder s, Shoulder outer Yu; if there is elbow and arm pain, acupuncture Quchi, Tianjing, Waiguan, Shaku Ze; if there is wrist pain, acupuncture Yangchi, Yangxi, Wrist bone, Daling; if the main symptom is numbness, acupuncture Hegu, Waiguan, Foot Sanli, Sanyinjiao, Kidney Yu, Hanging bell; if the main symptom is muscle atrophy, acupuncture Quchi, Hand Sanli, Spleen Yu, Eight evil eight winds.
(3) Spinal cord type cervical spondylosis.
① spasm as the main symptom, deficiency spasm needles Zhongyin, foot Sanli, hanging bell, Taixi, Sanyinjiao, Yinlingquan, Qihai, Guangyuan, Lingsmen; actual evidence of needle ring jumping, rank side, Yanglingquan, Weizhong, Kunlun, Spleen Yu, Dazhi, Houxi; constipation can be added Tianshu, branch gou, Shangjiu; urinary discomfort needles Sanyinjiao, Yinlingquan, Zhongji;
(2) impotence: tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence: Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, Kidney Yu, San Yin Jiao, Tai Xi; tonifying the spleen and stomach: Spleen Yu, Foot San Li.
(4) Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis.
(1) for phlegm-dampness, acupuncture: Zhongbei, Neiguan, Fenglong, Xiexi, Hangzhong, Yinlingquan;
(2) for blood stasis, acupuncture: Sun, Fengchi, Yanglingquan, Zhigou, Hegu, Taichong, Foot Sanli, Shuangbone, Zhongzhu, Foot Linyu, Houxi;
(iii) for damp-heat, Dazhi, Hegu, Quchi, Sanyinjiao, Yinlingquan, Shu Sanli, Taichong;
(4) For Qi deficiency, acupuncture: Baihui, Qihai, Guangyuan, Kidney Yu, Spleen Yu, Foot Sanli, Hanging Bell, and Labor Palace.
(5) Sympathetic cervical spondylosis.
(1) Liver Yang is hyperactive needles Fengchi, Quchi, Foot Sanli, Taichong, Xingma, Yanglingquan, Sun, front headache plus Hegu. Add Houxi for occipital pain, Taichong for headache, and Zhongzhu for temporal pain;
(2) Blood deficiency and essence deficiency: Shen Men, Tai Xi, Sanyinjiao, Feet Three Miles, Qi Hai, Guan Yuan, Spleen Yu, Kidney Yu;
③Thoracic paralysis with needles of Zhigou, Yanglingquan, Qiemen, Neiguan and Shenmen;
(4) Stomach pain: Neiguan, Sansili, Zhongbei, Hang Zhong;
(5) constipation: Tianshu, Zhigou, Shangjiu, Zhongbei, Xingma.
Acupuncture precautions.
① hunger, fatigue, high tension, not acupuncture in order to avoid dizziness and stagnation of needles; physical weakness, as far as possible, choose the lying position, stimulation should not be too strong to avoid dizziness;
② pregnant women, acupuncture must be cautious. Within three months of pregnancy, the lower abdomen is prohibited needles, more than three months, the abdomen and lumbosacral and some easy to cause contractions of the uterus points such as Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Kunlun, etc., should not be needled to avoid miscarriage; menstruation should not be needled during menstruation if not necessary to regulate menstruation;
(3) Acupuncture should avoid blood vessels, with bleeding tendencies and coagulation disorders, should not be acupuncture, to prevent bleeding or bleeding more than;
④Facial and trunk acupuncture points must be strictly in accordance with the angle and depth of each point to avoid causing pneumothorax or important organ damage.
Cupping for about 5 minutes, so that a little local bleeding. The cupping should be done once or twice a week, 10 times a course of treatment.