Editor's Guide
For thousands of years, in continuous practice, people have summed up the characteristics and functions of the relevant meridians and acupuncture points of the human body, formed a complete meridian system and acupuncture point knowledge system, and according to different pathogenesis, the use of acupuncture, massage, gua sha, cupping and other methods to stimulate meridians and acupuncture points, stimulate the body's righteous qi, and achieve the purpose of reconciling qi and blood, exuberant metabolism, tongli meridians, and disease-free health care. Familiar with several disease prevention and treatment of acupuncture points and treatment methods have many benefits, today Xiaobian will introduce to you several ways to apply acupuncture points to treat dysmenorrhea.
Dysmenorrhea is a common disease in gynecology, which refers to the pain in the lower abdomen or waist, and even pain and lumbosacral pain in women during and before and after menstruation. Every time with the menstrual cycle, severe cases can be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, cold sweat, cold hands and feet, and even fainting, affecting work and life. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dysmenorrhea is caused by stagnant blood stasis, cold and wet coagulation, physical weakness, liver and kidney deficiency, and the treatment of relevant acupuncture points can adjust qi and blood, remove dampness and cold, and supplement the liver and kidneys, thereby improving the symptoms of dysmenorrhea.
One or more treatments can be chosen: massage, moxibustion, cupping, gua sha.
Massage method
The patient is placed in a supine position and the massager gently massages the lower abdomen clockwise for 5 minutes. Press the abdomen of the middle finger close to the Qi Hai Acupoint and the Guan Yuan Acupoint and rub it clockwise for 2 minutes. Use the back of your palm, pressed against the waist and sacrumb, to rotate your forearm for 5 minutes. Use the palm of your hand to press down on the eight hip points and the kidney yu points for 2 minutes each. Rub your palms back and forth in the sacral eight-spinal cavity for 2 minutes, taking the heat permeability as the degree.
Moxibustion method
Take acupuncture points such as qi sea, middle pole, blood sea, three yin intercourse, and inter-row (located on the back of the foot, between the first and second toes, and behind the webbed edge of the toe), and apply moxibustion in the order of first moxibustion of the upper acupuncture points and then the lower acupuncture points. Let the patient take the appropriate position, the moxibustion practitioner stands on the side of the patient, ignites one end of the moxa stick, the fire head is aimed at the acupuncture point, 3 to 5 cm from the skin, and the moxibustion is applied to the patient who feels warm and painless. Each acupuncture point is 10 to 15 minutes, with the degree of skin flushing at the moxibustion site. This method is performed between menstruations and is most suitable for dysmenorrhea of the qi stagnation and blood stasis type.
Cupping method
Cupping is performed 2 to 3 days before the patient's period or during menstruation. Let the patient take the prone position, suck the can on the subcribial cavity, leave the tank for 15 to 20 minutes, pay attention to the changes in the skin in the tank when cupping, when the skin is congested or stasis, the can can be lifted, and the skin should be disinfected after the can. Next, let the patient take the supine position, suck the can in Guan Yuan, return (located in the lower abdomen, 4 inches below the umbilicus, 2 inches from the front midline), three yin intercourse, foot three miles, leave the tank for 15 to 20 minutes, after the can, disinfect the cupping site to avoid skin infection. This treatment is given once daily, with 7 sessions for 1 course.
Gua Sha method
Use the angle press to rub the reflex areas of the reproductive organs on the inside of the foot and the outside of the foot.
The uterus of the lower abdomen, the projection area of the surface of the ovarian body, or cupping is first scraped from top to bottom by a face scraping method. Then use the face scraping method to scrape the lower abdominal qi sea point from top to bottom to the middle pole point, then scrape the waist back liver Yu point to the kidney Yu point, and finally scrape the yin ling spring point on the inner side of the lower limb, down through the machine point (located on the inside of the calf, on the line between the inner ankle tip and the yin ling spring, 3 inches below the yin ling spring) to the three yin intersection points.
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Contents
This book is a transcript of Li Lao's personal teaching of the "True Qi Operation Method" and clinical treatment skills to Professor Jia Haizhong and other disciples at the age of 101, and is a collection of Li Lao's traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine clinical and traditional Chinese medicine health care.
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