Acupuncture treatment for tinnitus can choose the ear gate, hearing palace, hearing will be the basic points, different types of evidence plus and minus different points for treatment.
Wind-heat attack type: tinnitus with fever, dry mouth, the external gate can dredge the San Jiao, open up the orifices to relieve pain, Feng Chi can rest the wind and ears, clearing the brain and tranquilizing the mind, the two points can be used to treat wind-heat attack type tinnitus.
Liver fire type: tinnitus with headache and dizziness, red eyes and face, bitter mouth and dry throat, Taichong can dredge the liver to relieve depression and open the orifices to remove annoyance, Manxi can clear the liver and gallbladder of dampness and heat, open the orifices to rest the tinnitus and wake up the brain, Quxu can dredge the liver and gallbladder, and conciliate the Shao-Yang (treating external heat illnesses with evils in the half-epidermal and half-riparian regions), and the three acupuncture points can be used to clear the liver and diarrhea to cure the tinnitus.
Phlegm-fire stagnation type: tinnitus with dizziness and heaviness, chest tightness and epigastric congestion, Fenglong can dispel phlegm and open the orifices (through removing phlegm to clear the orifices and clear the mind), relieve depression and calm the mind, and Laogong can resolve phlegm and open the orifices (through removing phlegm to open the orifices and restore the mind), clearing heat and calming the mind in order to treat phlegm-fire stagnation type of tinnitus.
Weakness of the spleen and stomach: tinnitus with tiredness and weakness, nausea (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), loose stools (thin and unformed stools), the foot Sanli can tonify the middle qi, pass the menstruation and blood, the Qi Hai can warm and tonify the spleen and kidneys, diuresis and lymphatic drainage, the two acupoints can strengthen the spleen and the stomach in order to treat the tinnitus of the weakness of the spleen and stomach.
Kidney essence deficiency type: ears like cicadas tinnitus with lumbar and knee weakness, dreamy spermatorrhea, Taixi can nourish kidney yin, Kidney Yu can fill the essence and marrow (replenish the body’s essence, promote bone marrow development), tonifying the kidney and ear, the two acupuncture points can be used together to tonify the essence of the kidney to treat kidney essence deficiency type tinnitus.
If tinnitus occurs, you should go to the hospital in time and be treated by a professional doctor to avoid delaying your condition.