“Acupuncture points to reduce fever” correspond to points in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that can treat the symptom of “fever”. Acupuncture and moxibustion points that can be used for this purpose include Da Shi, Qu Chi, He Gu, and so on.
High fever in Chinese medicine is an emergency, belongs to the “strong heat”, “real heat” category, external fever is often associated with the feeling of wind-heat, summer heat or epidemics and other factors, while internal injury fever is the internal organs of the qi is not fluent, the accumulation of heat caused by. For the treatment of high fever to clear diarrhea evil heat.
1. The large vertebrae is a point of the dushi vein, which is positioned in the rear center line, the highest elevation of the neck when the head is lowered in the depression below. This point is the meeting of the yang, the governor of the yang of the body, can dissipate the whole body of yang-heat qi, the main treatment of fever, malaria, fear of cold fever, cough, asthma, etc..
2. Hegu point is located at the midpoint of the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the back of the hand (commonly known as the location of the tiger’s mouth), which has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving the symptoms and activating the meridians and collaterals, and is mainly used for treating fever, headache, eye redness and pain, deafness, and swelling of the face.
3. Qu Chi is positioned in the elbow flexion, the elbow joint bends in the depression, with heat relief, dredge the role of the meridians, can treat fever, arm numbness.
The above three points are effective in the treatment of fever, and the specific prescription is based on the physician’s prescription. Acupuncture operation should be carried out by a professional doctor, do not operate on your own. Acupuncture to reduce fever has a very good effect, but in the acupuncture at the same time, should be identified as soon as possible the cause of fever, a clear diagnosis, and combined with the prescription for treatment.